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Posts tagged #markets
A mix of technical deep-dives, career reflections, and dispatches from the road.
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financeOct 17, 2026· 5 min
Position Sizing: The Risk Decision That Matters More Than Your Entry
How much you put into a trade quietly decides whether you survive a losing streak. Here is the math behind fixed fractional sizing, the 1% rule, and why practitioners cut the Kelly criterion in half.
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financeOct 7, 2026· 5 min
Where Your Stock Order Actually Goes: Wholesalers, PFOF, and the NBBO
Most retail stock orders in the US never touch an exchange. Here is how wholesalers, payment for order flow, and the NBBO decide what price you actually get, and what changed in 2026.
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financeSep 23, 2026· 5 min
Technical vs. Fundamental Analysis: Two Questions, Not Two Teams
Fundamental analysis asks what a business is worth. Technical analysis asks what the price is doing. Here's how each one works, what the research says, and why the rivalry is mostly a category error.
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financeSep 6, 2026· 4 min
Sector Rotation: A Good Map and a Bad Clock
Sector rotation charts promise a map of the business cycle laid over the stock market. The taxonomy and the economic logic hold up well.
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financeAug 22, 2026· 4 min
Index Funds vs. Active Management: Reading the Scorecard Honestly
The SPIVA scorecards are the most-cited evidence in the passive-versus-active debate. Here is what they actually measure, why survivorship and persistence…
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financeJul 29, 2026· 4 min
How to Read an Earnings Report Without Trusting the Headline
The number at the top of an earnings press release is the number the company chose to put there. Here is where the actual information lives: the…
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financeJul 25, 2026· 4 min
Dollar-Cost Averaging vs. Lump-Sum: What the Data Actually Says
Investing a windfall all at once beats easing it in about two-thirds of the time. Here is what the research actually says, and when dollar-cost averaging…
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financeJul 4, 2026· 4 min
Order Types Explained: Market, Limit, and Stop Orders
Market, limit, and stop orders each trade off price against execution in a different way. Here is how they actually work, with a worked example.
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financeJun 20, 2026· 4 min
Options 101: Understanding Calls and Puts
A practical explainer on how stock options work — what calls and puts are, how they're priced, and what time decay means for buyers and sellers.
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financeJun 17, 2026· 4 min
How ETFs Work: The Mechanics Behind the Market's Favorite Fund
ETFs hold $13.4 trillion in assets and are reshaping how people invest — but most buyers don't know what actually happens when they hit the buy button.
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