The Banned and Restricted announcement is fast approaching, and Jason Alt is skeptical there’s much to be taken advantage of. He explains his thoughts.

Derek takes a look at the cards in and around Fate Reforged that will have the most room for growth after the set is released.

Recent hype activity has been itching at Sigmund lately. He doesn’t like to see pump-and-dump action, which is almost a weekly occurrence in MTG Finance. This week he shares a PSA and uses psychology to explain why we need to think with our logic and not our emotions.

David Schumann covers the issue of reputation in the Magic finance world. When your customers and business partners trust you, it affects the relationship in significant positive ways–as will the reverse.

Today Corbin Hosler looks at aggregate data from 2014 to get an idea of how Magic speculation performed overall. He goes over the biggest gainers and losers from the year, and explains what they mean.

Spoiler season is in full swing and this time there’s no dearth of exciting cards for Standard. Mike Lanigan goes down the line and shares his thoughts on possible applications for the new cards.

Ryan shares his thoughts on his experience with JeskSligh in Denver and looks to Fate Reforged spoilers for the future direction of Boros and Jeskai in Standard.

Diversifying your portfolio, in quality and quantity, is fundamental to the success of big and small bankrolls alike. Sylvain discusses the importance of breaking up your portfolio into a sufficient number of positions to reduce the risk of big losses to zero.

Selling into the hype is a long-held maxim in the speculation community. But when should you acquire the cards you intend to sell. Jason Alt discusses the thorny scenario where we are tempted to buy a spiking card–and when it may be correct.

This week Derek evaluates the challenges of spoiler seasons and offers some advice on how you can be a responsible speculator.

The MTGStocks.com interests tab is a valuable source of information. This must-read page gives speculators the hottest trends in MTG Finance. But there’s more to this site than the interests tab. This week Sigmund shares other tabs you may be overlooking with critical data.

David Schumann checks in with the Stock Watch, covering the Penny, Blue Chip, Value and Growth stocks that have moved the most this week.

Corbin Hosler looks back on 2014 to see what he got right (and wrong), and makes some predictions for 2015.