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Foreword Well, here we are already on the downhill leg to Christmas can you believe?! The older I get, the quicker the years seem to roll around... After yet another washout summer, it was pleasing to have some ‘feel good factor’ injected back into the market with a nice rise in global equities during the Jun - Aug period, in fact, one of the strongest rises over this traditionally seasonally weak period for a number of years (the S&P 500 — the global benchmark — has actually risen over 10% during the last 3 months). Similarly, the impressive staging of the Olympics in London (and without incident) and, not least, the exceptional performance of “Team GB” gladdened the heart — here’s hoping it continues throughout the autumn (and we experience an Indian summer!). I am also pleased to introduce a new contributor to our magazine this month that many of you who have been in the markets for a lengthy period will be familiar with — Zak Mir — a respected and competent Technical Analyst. Zak will be providing us with his ‘top pick’ for the following month and we have given him free rein across all markets — stocks, currencies, indices and commodities. I, for one, am looking forward to his trade ideas. He will also be producing regular interviews with “names” within the industry and kicks off this month with Alpesh Patel which we hope you enjoy.
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We have a continuation of our Supercar feature this month in conjunction with P1 International and our regular travel feature to lighten the content. Our feature article on “Hedge fund managers who blew up” is a must read that goes to show that no matter how clever, experienced or, indeed, how deep your pockets are, that the market can (and invariably will) make a fool of you. Risk control, measured leverage and being prepared to fold your cards when necessary will help you prolong your account. Here’s to a fruitful autumn in all ways! Richard
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