Each year the Ig Nobel committee hand awards to research that in their words – first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology. To give you a sense of what sort of research attracts an Ig…
I had not intended for my Is The Market Overvalued? piece to become a two parter but I came across the following chart courtesy of the people at Bespoke, who produce a dazzling array of metrics. This chart looks at the number of S&P500 stocks which are above their 50 day moving average.…
I was going though my Evernotes file and came across this panel discussion and thought it was too good not to repost. Click here to be taken through to the WSJ.
I have a neighbour who is on his third real estate agent in under a year. The two previous agents had failed to sell his property at a price he was happy with. Interestingly, the two previous failed attempts saw the property pass in at the same price. Added to this this three other properties…
I am immensely proud to announce that Malcolm B, a graduate of the 2011 program has just won the latest ASX sharemarket game.
That Hedy Lamarr the 1930s actress invented frequency hopping which is the basis for bluetooth, wi- fi, GPS and a bunch of other communications technology. I had no idea until I came across the excellent site Women Rock Science – if you have a daughter interested in science then you need to hook her up with…
I got bounced this link which is to a grandiosely titled video called Science Saves the Future – which I duly watched with my tea and toast. Save yourself the trouble of wasting your time since it is a loosely cobbled together snippets from “experts” I had never heard of. I think the basic message…
What is often lost on people is that trading is a high performance endevour. To do it properly you need to be on your game both mentally and physically. The infiltration of technology into our lives and the ability to now trade any market in the world 24 hours a day has meant that many…
A good mate of mine Matthew Wilson produces a report known as the Yield Report which is a rundown on what is happening in fixed interest markets. If you trade this segment of the market or want to improve your knowledge of fixed interest trading then check it out here you can get a free trial…
This is a repost from a comment I made recently on the Mentor Program Alumni forum. I think as traders/investors we are all guilty of getting too close to the problem; the end result of this is that we cant actually see a solution and we keep doing the same thing over and over. I…
