I Have Always Been A Fan Of Henry’s
Henry Rollins letter to a young American
Investor Inattention During FIFA World Cup Matches
An odd little paper that someone obviously got a grant for. The Pitch Rather than the Pit: Investor Inattention During FIFA World Cup Matches At the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, many soccer matches were played during stock market trading hours, providing us with a natural experiment to analyze fluctuations in investor attention.…
DetailsWhy Incompetent People Are Too Incompetent To Know They’re Incompetent
How true is this……..
Prediction
I have written about prediction a few times in the past – the main thrust of my argument is that it is – 1. Pointless 2. Experts dont have a friggen clue This is a nice little podcast on Philip Tetlock one of the driving forces behind the pointlessness of experts philosophy. So Tetlock took…
DetailsThe Mindset Of The Profitable Trader
Well, we are now some three weeks into the lastest mentor program and it is interesting to see the shift in the thinking of some of the participants. I have to admit it is always intriguing to see the ideas that new traders seem to have picked up along the way and often how tenaciously…
DetailsThe Top Five Regrets Of The Dying
There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the most common regrets we have at the end of our lives. And among the top, from men in particular, is ‘I wish I hadn’t worked so hard’. More from the…
DetailsSo You Want To Be A Trader
The typical evolution of a trader goes something like this. You have read a few magazines perhaps bought a few shares you may even have seen Wall Street on video. You go to bed Sunday night, wake up Monday morning and decide that you are a stock market trader. Not too implausible you think, after…
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