Disqus - Latest Comments for BrianFX

Re: TMBA 210: How To Get Rich

BrianFX — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:58:24 -0000

Hi Michael,

"the evidence is alive and well."

Can you give share some recent data to support this?

As I'm sure you're well familiar with already, "trend following" as an investment/trading thesis is often found in the CTA space, and the CTAs employing this strategy have had a very lackluster past 5 years (significantly under-performing the broader markets by a large degree). I'm not saying trend following is dead, but clearly its recent performance (in terms of a *measurable* statistic) has been severely under-performing.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. And if you have links to measurable/audited recent performance of the strategy that shows otherwise, would like to see any as well.

Thanks,
Brian

Re: The Jim Cramer of China

BrianFX — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:45:31 -0000

Lauren, a link to his blog would be nice..

I've searched google.hk & baidu, no use. Hu Bin is a fairly common name.

Re: Referer Control Support

BrianFX — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:00:49 -0000

Thanks!

Re: Referer Control Support

BrianFX — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:31:14 -0000

Can't seem to get this to work on the WSJ's paywall. Refcontrol on Firefox works for this (site: online.wsj.com, referrer: news.google.com).

Using the URL referrer option, logs show it's sending correctly, but no dice on the paywall. Any ideas?

Re: Infographic: The AT&T and Verizon Duopoly

BrianFX — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:19:22 -0000

Running a Galaxy S flashed to Boost. 50 cents/day unlimited 3G (and unlimited txt via google
voice, would be unlimited minutes too if Sprint's data network had better latency). My bill is a max $15/month, but I only need the service sparingly (work from home, have a secondary prepaid dumb-phone for quick outings, 5 cents min/txt). So my actual bill has been $1-3/month lately. Spending the minimum $10 every 90 days to keep Boost service is my only concern.

GV rings my landline & both cells, very convenient. Landline is also free (obihai).

Re: Poll: Where Do You Run Your Business From?

BrianFX — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:06:01 -0000

delete

Re: 60beat's New GamePad Sure Looks Like A Winner

BrianFX — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:29:55 -0000

The iCade is on closeout from Bed Bath & Beyond for $50. I'm in the market for a 360 wired controller, going on ebay for ~$15.

$50 for just a gamepad seems a bit steep. I guess the PS3 retail gamepad price puts it in perspective better, but I'm not surprised since that's Sony (and they have a history of jacking up prices on peripherals, Mem Stick Duo anyone?).

Re: 60beat's New GamePad Sure Looks Like A Winner

BrianFX — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:40:21 -0000

$50 for a gamepad!? Are they insane?

Re: Sony PlayStation Vita sales plummet during second week of availability

BrianFX — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:22:37 -0000

Pretty impressive numbers for the PSP, just over 7 years old and now surpassed by the Vita, yet still selling 100k/week? Wow..

Re: Samsung's in a gifting mood, is giving away up to 16 free games for select Galaxy devices

BrianFX — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:49:26 -0000

Any way us US/Galaxy S owners can spoof as any of these devices and get access to the Samsung App store?

Re: Get It Before It's Gone: 'iMAME' Hits the App Store

BrianFX — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:50:07 -0000

I'm not seeing it in the App Store under "imame", "mame", or Jim Deventer's section, suggestions?? Running an iPad 2, iOS 5.0.

Re: Interesting Decoupling

BrianFX — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:18:55 -0000

It's for the settlement of swaps, options, forwards, etc and for banks to settle transactions with customers.

Re: Interesting Decoupling

BrianFX — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:04:30 -0000

It was the 11am NY fix, end-of-month FX fixings can produce unusual moves. It wasn't related to the general "risk trade", so the other asset classes didn't follow suit.

Re: Latest Elliott Wave Forecast Free

BrianFX — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:32:18 -0000

edit - ignore sorry

Re: Have At It, Bo.......

BrianFX — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:19:25 -0000

Just in case no one else mentioned it, congratulations Tim on making it on abnormalreturns today! I think that's a first for Slope, hitting the big time! 2nd link from the top, not too shabby. :)

http://www.abnormalreturns....

Re: Technical Analysis Fund Survey

BrianFX — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:40:29 -0000

Futures remain at their highs while the dollar rallies, 100 point swing in EUR/USD, interesting breakdown of correlations..

Re: Going Long TBT

BrianFX — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:08:51 -0000

Tim drew his channel lines at a slightly different angle, though technically you are both "correct".

Re: The Magic of Round Numbers

BrianFX — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:36:44 -0000

Any guesses as to when Atilla finally capitulates (if he is still holding short, which I'm beginning to doubt)?

Re: Are You an Entrepreneur? Can You Spot One?

BrianFX — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:49:41 -0000

Great post!

If you still like RISK, check out conquerclub.com

Re: Songs from Liquid Days

BrianFX — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:16:46 -0000

I'm hoping the celebration is related to TOS and AMTD finally completing the merger, getting impatient waiting for TOS platform access from my lowly AMTD account. :)

Re: It Floats!

BrianFX — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:52:10 -0000

Working here too! Only thing that's not working as it should is the RSS feed of your comments (yes I'm RSS stalking you :). It's running about 1-2 hours behind, but it's been that way for a couple weeks now. I guess that's a Disqus issue.

Re: A Couple Lesser-Known Commodity ETFs

BrianFX — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:47:18 -0000

RSS problems too, getting nothing in Google Reader for either main site updates or comments..

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/05/29/short_the_subcontinent.htm

BrianFX — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:52:15 -0000

Anyone else track SoH or Tim's comments via RSS/Google Reader? I haven't received a single update today. Usually they're about an hour delayed (which is already strange), but now about 6 hours delayed.

Re: Paulson & Co (John Paulson) Buys Tons of Gold: 13F Filing 1st Quarter 2009

BrianFX — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:14:30 -0000

Great post!

Now perhaps I just need a cup of a coffee, but can you explain this line about his GLD holdings: "Their hedge funds have a share class that is denominated in gold (instead of in US dollars or Euros)."

Wouldn't the gold shares need to be priced against something that is non-gold? Unless you mean the shares are denominated in spot gold, which he can then sell for any currency (but what does this accomplish over holding normal GLD shares priced against USD)?

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/05/02/realitive_strength.htm

BrianFX — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:44:55 -0000

Plants being shut down from demand drop in electricity? Do you have any info/links about this? I would have thought commercial/industrial electricity demand drop would eventually be replaced by continual residential increases.