I have seen a few pieces online in recent weeks predicting the end of the world as we know it because of soaring commodity prices. Some such as Jeremy Grantham one of the founders and Chief Strategist of Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo (GMO) is predicting a paradigm shift in commodity prices. To quote the opening…

A peek into the hallowed offices of Market Wizard and Turtle Founder William Eckhardt When yo click on the picture of what appears to be there dealing room you will notice how serene and calm it is – no yelling , no screaming, just calm execution. There is a lot of difference between being a…

At the mid point meeting of our current mentor program much of the weekend talk was about the current state of the market – no surprise there. If you are a long term trend follower the current market sucks and unfortunately this is simply the nature of the market. There are times when it is…

At the mid point meeting of our current mentor program much of the weekend talk was about the current state of the market – no surprise there. If you are a long term trend follower the current market sucks and unfortunately this is simply the nature of the market. There are times when it is…

A peek into the hallowed offices of Market Wizard and Turtle Founder William Eckhardt When yo click on the picture of what appears to be there dealing room you will notice how serene and calm it is – no yelling , no screaming, just calm execution. There is a lot of difference between being a…

Rarely has cartooning thrown up a more insightful individual than Scott Adams. His creation Dilbert the cubicle inhabiting engineer should be compulsory reading for anyone contemplating doing an MBA and his Way of the Weasal is compulsory for anyone who wants understand just WTF most people in business and politics are talking about.   Adams…

I doubt there will be a better front page headline this year. A remarkably brave choice by the editor of the New York Post.

Interesting sit down with Leonard Susskind one of the architects of string theory about his relationship with Richard Feynman Feynman has long been one of my intellectual idols and his biography is well worth reading. He was certainly not your average physicist.

I doubt there will be a better front page headline this year. A remarkably brave choice by the editor of the New York Post.

Rarely has cartooning thrown up a more insightful individual than Scott Adams. His creation Dilbert the cubicle inhabiting engineer should be compulsory reading for anyone contemplating doing an MBA and his Way of the Weasal is compulsory for anyone who wants understand just WTF most people in business and politics are talking about.   Adams…

• The theory of rockets and parachutes: a primer on US gasoline prices (The Barrel) • What the Mafia teaches about fiscal policy (Olaf Storbeck) • The Bond Vigilante (The Atlantic) • Faulty Towers: The Crisis in Higher Education (The Nation) • The great corporate tax swindle (Guardian) • A Crude Guess About The Future…

• The theory of rockets and parachutes: a primer on US gasoline prices (The Barrel) • What the Mafia teaches about fiscal policy (Olaf Storbeck) • The Bond Vigilante (The Atlantic) • Faulty Towers: The Crisis in Higher Education (The Nation) • The great corporate tax swindle (Guardian) • A Crude Guess About The Future…

Excellent piece on free will from Biophilia Free will- solved! A theory of free will. One of the perennial chestnuts of philosophy is the problem of free will. Mostly a problem for theists rather than non-theists, it still holds a few mysteries for everyone. Is our natural intuition of freedom true, that we reign as sovereign…