Who Is OPEC?
Greta little information graphic on the make up of OPEC from mintlife
Here Be Monsters
A crewman on a commercial tuna-fishing boat was the first to spot it: something shiny and metallic in the water off the ship’s bow. The crewman alerted the navigator, and the 280-foot San Nikunau slightly altered course to avoid a collision. As the ship came closer, the object revealed itself to be a small boat,…
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Interesting piece on Bobby Fischer the chess grandmaster who moved from God like status in the world of chess to be a friggen mental case in his later years. His descent into wild and irrational behaviour is far from a unique narrative, particularly in chess. The history of the game contains many similar trajectories. As…
DetailsCommodities
I have seen a few pieces online in recent weeks predicting the end of the world as we know it because of soaring commodity prices. Some such as Jeremy Grantham one of the founders and Chief Strategist of Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo (GMO) is predicting a paradigm shift in commodity prices. To quote the opening…
DetailsWell This Sucks
At the mid point meeting of our current mentor program much of the weekend talk was about the current state of the market – no surprise there. If you are a long term trend follower the current market sucks and unfortunately this is simply the nature of the market. There are times when it is…
DetailsHow The Other Half Lives
A peek into the hallowed offices of Market Wizard and Turtle Founder William Eckhardt When yo click on the picture of what appears to be there dealing room you will notice how serene and calm it is – no yelling , no screaming, just calm execution. There is a lot of difference between being a…
DetailsMy Friend Richard Feynman
Interesting sit down with Leonard Susskind one of the architects of string theory about his relationship with Richard Feynman Feynman has long been one of my intellectual idols and his biography is well worth reading. He was certainly not your average physicist.
DetailsWe Have a Winner
I doubt there will be a better front page headline this year. A remarkably brave choice by the editor of the New York Post.
Details7 Suggestions for Scott Adams
Rarely has cartooning thrown up a more insightful individual than Scott Adams. His creation Dilbert the cubicle inhabiting engineer should be compulsory reading for anyone contemplating doing an MBA and his Way of the Weasal is compulsory for anyone who wants understand just WTF most people in business and politics are talking about. Adams…
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