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Traders & Investors Club Meeting - 16th September 2008
The Two Rules Of Trading
Warren Buffett's two rules of trading are: Rule #1 - never lose money; Rule #2 - never forget Rule #1.
Losses are an unavoidable overhead in the trading business. However, the are several techniques that can help us to limit those losses and protect our capital.
Kevin Barry of the Traders & Investors Club will be discussing several strategies to ensure that we stay in the game from the art of the stop loss through to more sophisticated hedging techniques as well as ways to protect ourselves against adverse currency movements. To speculate is human, to hedge is divine.
Meet The Market Wizards
#1 - George Soros
This is the first of a ten-part series that will be presented exclusively at the Traders & Investors Club during which Simon Dixon of Benedix will be unravelling the strategies and trading/investing styles of top institutional fund managers.
This month, Simon will discuss George Soros’s hedge fund trading style known as Global Macro. Simon will begin with an overview of the hedge fund management industry and reveal what the major players actually do. You will learn what Global Macro fund management is and what the Global Macro markets are. We will also uncover the relationships between the Global Macro markets and become acquainted with Simon’s own Global Macro trading strategy.
Market Roundup And Open Forum
In order to be a successful trader in the modern world, you must be aware of how the price of wheat or an after dinner speech by Ben Bernanke will affect your stock and property portfolios. Kevin Barry will present a brief summary of the recent global market action and throw the floor open to the audience for their take on the current trading environment.
This evening, as well as roaming the globe in search of trading opportunities, we will return closer to home - literally - and take a look at the UK housing market. Do we know how far prices are likely to fall? Yes, we do. Do we know the most likely timeframe for the current 'correction'? Yes, we do. It's all rather inevitable, actually.
Our Month In The Market
Members are encouraged to share their successful, and just as importantly, not so successful, trades with the Club. Have you discovered a strategy that works for you or would you like to learn how other traders have become successful? Bring your trades along and perhaps get a different perspective on how to best manage them.
In addition, Teresa will be following up on the progress of the stock picks from Bob Bleczinski's workshop that was part of the July meeting. Are we rich yet? Come along to find out.
Tonight's Speakers
Simon Dixon was originally trained in Corporate Finance as a Stock Broker and Market Maker. Simon is well-known for his unique insights into Market Maker manipulation and revealing institutional trading secrets. Simon speaks for top institutions such as TD Waterhouse, and Bloomberg amongst others. He also contributes to the BBC, Investors Chronicle and the Information Exchange. Simon is currently Head of Training & Research at Benedix providing training and recruitment services for the banking and finance sector.
Kevin Barry is a full-time trader. His preferred investment vehicles include options, spread betting and foreign exchange.