Today David Schumann returns to some speculation basics, explaining the profit-to-effort ratio and reasons why cards may appreciate or depreciate.

David Schumann outlines his current speculative holdings and the reasoning behind them. Part one is this week and part two is next week.

David Schumann revisits the concept of bulk trading, covering the various ways it can be done and offering some pointers.

David Schumann follows up his article on cracking sealed specialty products with a look at sealed booster box prices.

FTV: 20 will release a slew of reprints, including Jace the Mind Sculptor. David Schumann looks to past FTV sets to determine how prices will react.

David Schumann examines prices of specialty products like the FTV series, both sealed and opened. Should we be holding or cracking these sets for maximum value?

David Schumann explains how he determines which cards to target at rotation, and what his picks are for this year.

Several weeks after the Modern Masters frenzy has calmed down, David Schumann reevaluates the state of Modern prices and looks for recent movements.

David Schumann looks back on some of his first articles and tries to judge how accurate his calls were.

The full M14 spoiler is out, and David Schumann pores through it for Eternal playables and cards likely to impact Eternal markets.

David Schumann looks at some traps in thinking that can befall the speculator. Don’t fall prey to these comfortable mistruths.

David Schumann comes back from GP Las Vegas with advice on some weekend movers and shakers, as well as hidden travel costs you may not be considering.

David Schumann relates some classic economics principles to the Magic market and explains what they imply for the speculator.