Thanksgiving Day
Apparently that time of the year when turkeys are nervous is approaching in the US. I saw the chart below doing the rounds on the google box with a big of digging I found that it is apparently from WSJ So I decided to look a bit harder at stock seasonality and generated…
Comparative Performance
It has been sometime since I looked at the comparative performance of various markets. I have taken these markets back to a nominal starting date of 13/03/09 which could be considered the date markets reversed after the GFC.
I Hope My Father Dies Soon
I am a fan of Scott Adams both through Dilbert his alter ego and through his blog. In some ways this ties into my pearlier piece on How Will You Die. But this is very raw and very personal.
8 Subconscious Mistakes Our Brain Makes Everyday
More here – 8 Subconscious Mistakes Our Brain Makes Everyday
Retards I Have Met
Over the years I have been collecting a series of interactions with various retards that I plan to publish in my dotage. You can trust me when I say that the list of those included is long and distinguished and now I have two more to add to the list. We received emails from two…
How Will You Die?
There is no statistical proof that doctors enjoy a better quality of life before death than the rest of us. But research indicates they are better planners. An often-cited study, published in 2003, of physicians who had been medical students at Johns Hopkins University found that they were more likely than the general public to have…
Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister: ‘I’m Paying for the Good Times’
You once called your father a “nasty little weasel.” Did you ever reconcile with him? No, he died nine years back. We didn’t run through the cornfields to each other in slow motion. More here – The New York Times
What Were You Expecting
I am always interested in stories of start ups and how they progress. This week I read about the instant messaging start up Snapchat. This nifty little application allows users to set a time limit on how long a message be it text, video or image is viewable for. It then deletes the message from…
Random Thoughts
Winners I had the pleasure the other day of catching up with Malcolm Bish a graduate of the 2012 Mentor Program and recent winner of the ASX Sharemarket Game. The conversation naturally turned to the ASX Sharemarket Competition and why he had done so well. I am aware of Malcolm trading system since it is…
