nice article from the world question center by Mr. Charles Seife...RandomnessOur very brains revolt at the idea of randomness. We have evolved as a species to become exquisite pattern-finde… Read More
from the world question center...AntifragilityJust as a package sent by mail can bear a stamp "fragile", "breakable" or "handle with care", consider the exact opposite: a package that has… Read More
Last week, we observed a syndrome of evidence that matches only a handful of market extremes in history, including August-December 1972, August 1987, April-July 1998, July 1999, and March… Read More
As noted last week, Mr. Hussman has a very unfavorable risk-reward view of the U.S. equity market. Mr. Hussman has been negative for quite awhile now, but look at what he thinks n… Read More
So what do I worry about? I worry that investors forget how devastating a deep investment loss can be on a portfolio. I worry that the constant hope for central bank action has given inve… Read More
Some good advice and knowledge to absorb from http://www.hedgefundletters.com“Most institutional investors feel compelled to swing at almost every pitch and forgo batt… Read More
I found this on Don Miller's site and I liked it... Keep Watering Your Bamboo Tree - Eric Aronson In the Far East, there is a tree called the Chinese bamboo tree. This remarkable tree… Read More
The market is changing, uncertain, and dynamic, and it is this which changes the underlying probabilities of a situation. As a system trader, I find it helpful to use time frames in order t… Read More
Comparative performance statistics are in for the first quarter of 2012. Our results were better than both the Systematic Traders and Discretionary Traders Indices, however, no one could ma… Read More
Time is like a river that will take you forward into encounters with reality that will require you to make decisions. You can’t stop the movement down this river, and you can’t a… Read More
This is worth reading...This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005.I am honored to be… Read More
I have recently finished reading Mr. Brian Greene’s book, The Elegant Universe. It is a fascinating book about string theory. One of the concepts Mr. Greene discusses is how physicis… Read More
I like to read different blogs in order to educate myself about a number of issues and topics. One blog that I like is Mr. Niederhoffer’s, “Daily Speculations.” This blog… Read More
One business maxim of mine is that “the situation is boss.” High pressure, quick changing environments need decision makers who are flexible and adaptable. The situation is alwa… Read More
There is the saying that strong markets climb the “wall of worry.” It sure feels like that nowadays. Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, and Libya are rumbling to various de… Read More
It seems to me that the European debt problem can be best understood from the standpoint of the Red Queen hypothesis. This evolutionary hypothesis states that continuing adaptation is needed… Read More
One of Mr.Warren Buffett's business tenets is to "Never Suck Your Thumb." That means that, at a certain point, you've got to stop thinking — and start acting.In his 1989 annual report… Read More
Plotinus, the ancient Greek philosopher, did not have the creation of trading models in mind when he wrote this. Nonetheless, I think there are similarities between the creation of our trad… Read More