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Traders & Investors Club Meeting - 17th March 2009
Divergence And Trend Reversal
Divergence is a widely misunderstood and under-utilised technical analysis technique that provides us with an early-warning of impending trend reversals. It is regarded by Dr. Alexander Elder to be the most reliable of all technical analysis indicators.
Kevin Barry of the Traders & Investors Club will be demonstrating how we can use this technique as part of our arsenal to give ourselves an edge in the Market. Not only will we be discussing classic divergence but we will also visit hidden divergence and explore how these technique can complement our Elliott Wave studies.
Meet The Market Wizards
Market-Neutral Hedge Funds
This is the second of a ten-part series that is being 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.
In the course of his profession, Simon spends a significant amount of time with Hedge Fund managers. This evening, Simon will be discussing Market-Neutral Hedge Fund strategies and sharing their money management techniques with us.
An investment strategy or portfolio is considered market neutral if it seeks to avoid all forms of market risk, typically by hedging. Simon will explain how you can manage your own portfolio, using market neutral techniques, in order to achieve similar market neutrality in times when market volatility is at an all time high.
Corporate Bond Update
Anyone who has been following the lead of the professional discretionary portfolio managers will have been building up the fixed interest part of their portfolio and looking hard at corporate bonds in particular.
Susan Marmor of the Traders & Investors Club is a professional trader with a strong interest in these relatively low-risk investments. Susan will be updating us on the progress of her bond portfolio to date.
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.
Our Month In The Market
Members are encouraged to share their successful, or 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.
Tonight's Speakers
Susan Marmor has been a private investor since the early nineties and has spent the last two years nurturing her portfolio full-time. After leaving University with a degree in economics, Susan worked in Advertising, and from there she spent 20 years working for a computer company specialising in
software for the advertising industry. Susan is an active contributor to the Traders & Investors Club.
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.