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Drive For Show…..Putt For Dough

There are a lot of similarity between golf and trading. Both are fundamentally mental activities and the person who makes the fewest catastrophic errors wins. Golfers are also prone to the same sort of magical thinking that afflicts traders – if I use so and so’s clubs then my game will get better. Which is…

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Amazon

Excellent piece on Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezo. The part that intrigued me was this – Make no mistake, Amazon rewards its teams. It’s just that restricted stock that becomes valuable only over time — and more valuable only if the company succeeds — is the primary reward. For example, Jeff Wilke, who runs Amazon’s…

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Apple Versus Microsoft

I came across the chart below on the weekend. Source – Why Microsoft Beats Apple Unfortunately, it was accompanied by the following quote – Today, those old rivals MicrosoftMSFT -0.53% and AppleAAPL +0.39% both look like inexpensive stocks. Microsoft could be the better value. Not only is it cheaper than Apple relative to its earnings per share, but Microsoft’s…

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Growth or Bust

If there were more corporate collapses, the economy would be a healthier place Given the collapse of Comet last week, here’s a contrarian claim: far too many companies are staying solvent, avoiding bankruptcy and continuing to trade despite the troubled economy. If only we had a few more corporate collapses, the economy would be a…

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Weekend Reading

Venice Under Water Pundit Shaming After Sandy, a great and complex city reveals traumas new and old An ancient civilization’s wet ascent, dry demise Before and After Superstorm Sandy    

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Career Choices

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For those considering a career in finance be warned this is the sort of person you will be working with. This is Olivier Desbarres the now sacked of FX strategy for the Asia-Pacific, this little rant apparently occurred because builders in his neighbourhood were making a bit too much noise.   I used to work…

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Quote Of The Day

‘A Person Becomes Old When His Mind Is More Occupied By Memories Than Aspirations’ This extremely perceptive quote is apparently attributed to web designer Navin Kulkarni a web designer who I am unfamiliar.

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