The Real Housewives of Wall Street
Excellent piece by Matt Taibbi on why the Federal Reserve gave $200 in coin to two Wall Street housewives. Talk about a f%^cked up system Taibbi has in the past taken the blow torch to Goldman Sachs
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As you can see from the chart below this week took some of the fizz out of some of the star performaers in commodities markets. Energy based commodities which to date had been among the hardest hit with talk being that the heavy involvement of speculators being to blame. The theory goes that the more…
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Interesting piece by Seth Godin on failure. As a trader failure is part of our day to day existence and a fear of failure is one of the reasons many cannot trade. Trading is unique in that you effectively fail your way to success – something that would be impossible in most other professions. The…
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Bridgewater is the worlds largest hedge fund managing a staggering $94 billion and as with many such successful things it is considered to be a bit odd. If you want to understand Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest and indisputably weirdest hedge fund, you might start with the story of the peas. It goes like this:…
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This is a link to an interactive graphic on what is perceived to be driving the price of gold. Who cares? Below I have attached a chart of gold with a 15 and 30 week moving average attached – nothing complicated just nice and simple trend following. You would have been long from about…
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A recent Ted presentation
Delusions
I came across an interesting paper the other day that look at the changing nature of delusions within populations presenting at US psychiatric hospitals. The researchers found something very interesting but fairly obvious. The nature of delusions is changing in that it is reflective of the culture at the time. The authors found that –…
DetailsMichael Steinhardt Part Two
These rules were pulled from a speech he gave – 1. Make all your mistakes early in life: The more tough lessons you learn early on, the fewer (bigger) errors you make later. A common mistake of all young investors is to be too trusting with brokers, analysts, and newsletters who are trying to sell you…
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