Rhody Trader

Yeah, right!

What we have in common is that we are both Wiley authors. I’m quite sure, however, that he’s a top tier guy that Wiley is willing to put some weight behind in terms of marketing and promotions. I, on the other hand, am basically left to plug my book entirely on my own.

But I have been invited to David’s book signing:

Come hear “And Then the Roof Caved In” author David Faber of CNBC speak on July 30 at the 5th Avenue Barnes and Noble. Stick around for a book signing following the talk.

The event begins at 6:30pm at:

Barnes & Noble 5th Avenue
555 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017, 212-697-3048

Find out more at http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/61998

About the Book:
And Then the Roof Caved In skillfully explores the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse. Written by David Faber—the award-winning CNBC correspondent—this compelling account is filled with the candid reflections of the people who brought the crisis to life. Expanded from the CNBC documentary that the New York Times called “broad, comprehensive, and compelling,” and that Frank Rich noted as “superbly done,” this book is a must-read.

I haven’t read the book myself – at least not yet. Maybe Wiley will send a free copy to one of their authors. I’m not holding my breath, though. Interestingly, the reviews on Amazon are barbelled – meaning there are a lot of 5s and a lot of 1s. I’m sure part of that is the usual celebrity bashing, but I’ll leave you to your own judgements.

This evening I’m going to be doing a short interview with Tim Sykes.

Yes. I know that Tim is extremely polarizing. Some people think he’s a completely fraud. Others think he’s got something worth hearing. Personally, I think there are lessons to be learned from his story, but then I tend to see things that way. Others don’t.

Regardless of what you think of him as a trader, you do have to give Tim props for his ability to promote himself and what he’s doing. He says we’ll be talking about my experiences, lessons I’ve learned, and advice I have for new traders. Works for me. If it gets the word out there about the trading education stuff I’m doing and helps some folks do better in the markets I’ll be happy.

Oh my! Check out this spike in headline activity BlogBurst shows for yesterday on my other site, www.TheEssentialsOfTrading.com.

While it certainly looks that way, I can’t really tell specifically if that’s from picking up yesterday’s post (Calculating Relative Strength) or whether it was carryover activity from the previous day, or something like that. It does, however, look as though FoxNews is responsible. Before yesterday, Reuters was showing far and away the most activity for my content. Fox hadn’t even been on the radar, now I’m seeing this for the last seven days:

FoxNews – 73,657
Reuters – 36,031
Palm Beach Post - 7,361
Chicago Sun Times - 57

Come on. Relative Strength is interesting, but not that interesting.

I’ve just received notice from Sharky at Trade2Win that my submission for acceptance into the ranks of Advisors has been accepted with enthusiasm. Cool!

Of course I can’t help but feel a bit slighted at not be invited to become an Advisor months ago when the group was first started. I mean I used to work on the site. What’s up with that?

I’m now just 20 posts away from becoming a Legendary Member and a few points away from getting my first orange (or whatever that color is) button on my reputation.

Does this make me sad? 

The result of one of the most rambling phone interviews I can ever remember doing is the pretty awkward quote attributed to me in this piece: Another Rough Week for Stocks?

I know they say that not publicity is bad, but I have serious questions about this one.  At least they did spell the name right. My boss probably won’t be too thrilled that they didn’t include the name of our specific group – Thomson Squawk Box.