


So You Cant Do A Single Push Up…..
If you cant do a single push up and I know a lot of blokes who cant you should be embarrassed beyond belief.
Those Pesky Chinese……Again
This is becoming as monotonous as it is becoming predictable. Once again we have a big of a slip in the market and it is blamed upon action in our Northern neighbour. To me the issue is simple, only simpletons believe that China will be the saviour of Australia and for that matter the rest…
Groupon
Whilst having a cuppa my news feed apparently picked up that the co-founder and CEO of Groupon had been given the arse and had written a rather whimsical note to staff about his sacking. This is the note – “People of Groupon, “After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon,…
The 40 Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers And Traders
From Forbes….good work if you can get it. I have snipped out the top ten from here –
Ramon Dekkers
Dekkers who just passed away at age 43 was one of my favourite fighters. An ideal mix of power, durability and remarkable aggression.
Gann Told Me
Apparently when the planets align and you get home from the emergency room because you put a pencil up you nose this is a chart that makes you go short…. So how did that work out for you?
When I Was A Broker…..
I was constantly amazed at how brokers via their analysts were constantly telling other businesses how to run their business. This was amazing to me because outside of any and all aspects of the Greek economy, stockbroking firms were the worst run businesses I had ever seen. What is interesting is that this unsolicited advice…
Google Glass
If the technology is as seemless as the video makes out then I might have found myself a Christmas present, particularly if my current reading glasses can be replaced.
Human Extinction
Well this is depressing but it looks at risk which is central to our business… The Atlantic……Bostrom, who directs Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, has argued over the course of several papers that human extinction risks are poorly understood and, worse still, severely underestimated by society. Some of these existential risks are fairly well known, especially…