Matt is back For those who missed the original I find these vids to be a contrast between what we could be versus what we are……

I occasionally peruse the Finalternatives website. Generally to find out who is going to jail and which hedge fund manager despite delivering sub par performance for the past decade has still managed to buy a $25,000,000 apartment I came across this headline whilst scanning it this morning – Thiel Launches Growth-Stage VC Firm I thought…

Here is a question – if the world is still going to hell in a hand basket why are my systems slowly moving me to the long side of the market. I have three equity index longs running at present. May last…may not.

So I trained at LB’s gym this morning and the conversation around us went something like this. Oh….did you feel the earthquake last night the terror…..It rattled my china ponies…I thought I was going to lose them all…..and then to come in here and its so cold, I dont know if I can stand 10…

I spotted this whilst having brekky this morning and thought it was worth a bit of analysis. It is a list of the worlds highest paid athletes which in itself is interesting from a voyeur’s perspective.- Forbes lists 100 athletes but I cut the list down to the top performers. The top performers are shown…

Here is something I didn’t know – I had no idea that betting agencies presented their information in such a fashion. The image below represents the collapse in betting around Tiger Woods to win the US Open – hell of a short trade if such things are at all possible.

….goes to Fairfax who today discovered the internet. And the prize for the most surprised employees goes to Fairfax employees who were clearly surprised that Fairfax management had discovered the internet. And were even more surprised that they were going to do something about it. …..Good luck with that…..

Daydream your way to creativity (Does require a subscription but New Scientist is worth it) Why Smart People Are Stupid The Smart Are MORE Biased To Think They Are LESS Biased The Curse of Knowledge WWII with Antony Beevor and Max Hastings (Podcast – Beevors Stalingrad and Hastings Armageddon are two cornerstone history books)  …

Because you can never have too much Bruce Lee

I got bounced this list of stats – Forty-five million Americans (one in seven) are on food stamps. One in seven is unemployed or underemployed. The percentage of those out of work defined as long-term unemployed is the highest (42%) since the Great Depression. Fifty-four percent of college graduates younger than 25 are unemployed or…