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One of the reasons that traders tend to overtrade is that they are trying to make too much money, too quickly, with a trading account that is too small.

A lot of comparisons have been made between the current Global Financial Crisis and the great depression, and indeed there are many similarities. Unfortunately though, such comparisons seem to provide little scope for optimism, especially for the longer term investor.

Dare I contemplate that thought for a moment? But it has happened before and it could happen again.

What is the purpose of a complaint? You expected someone or a company to deliver some product or service and they either didn’t deliver or did not deliver it in the way you expected them. So you complain. What happens next?

A few years ago the media seemed to be particularly eager to announce the beginning of the bear market and as soon as we experienced a 20% fall in the major indices, all manner of pundits (without a cent actually in the market) crawled out of the woodwork.