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April 28th, 2010

I had someone ask me why I didn’t more? I said I din’t have the time and couldn’t find much to write about. What a stupid thing to have said. But I said it anyway. Here’s the situation…. there’s plenty to write about. I know that because the news stories keep coming in on a variety of topics. There can’t be much down time when it comes to news.

Like never before we seem to know we’re global. I feel I’ve been global for a few years. How about you? Can we become more abundant by being more global? How do we do that? Where do I fit into this gigantic spectrum? Seems the more we contemplate the “globalness” of it all, the more questions we have.

February 5th, 2010

Advanced Trading magazine featured an article in their January/February 2010 issue which made me take notice. They asked several traders their predictions for 2010.

Here are some highlights:

Kevin Chapman of Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management said evaluations are coming and this will result in consolidation of technology. Simpler is better.

Ray Fernandez from Olympian Capital Management said he ses more globalization. Watch for more multicurrency systems for firms to watch their foreign exchange exposures.

Erik Karpman of Trading Strategy Group says technological improvements will result in more custom global algorithms.Modification of algorithms with global access, on the fly.

These potential developments, if realized, will have a major impact on the markets and trading. Positives are foreseen in the future. Perspectives like these will hopefully keep you even with the rest of the field.