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worth understanding and very representative of our times...

nice article from the world question center by Mr. Charles Seife... Randomness Our very brains revolt at the idea of randomness. We ha...

from the world question center... Antifragility Just as a package sent by mail can bear a stamp "fragile", "breakable...

Last week, we observed a syndrome of evidence that matches only a handful of market extremes in history, including August-December 1972, ...

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 ...

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 c...

It is always interesting to listen to this man...

Here's a link to Mr. Gundlach's presentation which is extremely informative and sobering...

Some good advice and knowledge to absorb from http://www.hedgefundletters.com “Most institutional investors… feel compelled… to swing at ...

Just finished watching this movie about the trading pits in Chicago ...

This interview is well worth watching and learning from...

Click and listen to Mr. Cooperman from Omega

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 ...

The market is changing, uncertain, and dynamic, and it is this which changes the underlying probabilities of a situation. As a system trade...

Comparative performance statistics are in for the first quarter of 2012. Our results were better than both the Systematic Traders and Discr...

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 mov...

This is worth reading... This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Ani...

I have recently finished reading Mr. Brian Greene’s book, The Elegant Universe . It is a fascinating book about string theory. One of the ...

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, ...

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One business maxim of mine is that “the situation is boss.” High pressure, quick changing environments need decision makers who are flexible...

There is the saying that strong markets climb the “wall of worry.” It sure feels like that nowadays. Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria...

It seems to me that the European debt problem can be best understood from the standpoint of the Red Queen hypothesis. This evolutionary hypo...

One of Mr.Warren Buffett's business tenets is to "Never Suck Your Thumb." That means that, at a certain point, you've got ...

Plotinus, the ancient Greek philosopher, did not have the creation of trading models in mind when he wrote this. Nonetheless, I think there...

Mr. Albert Camus, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, wrote The Myth of Sisyphus. I recently read a part of it. Sisyphus was a ...

Another favorite guru of mine, Mr. Barton Biggs...

One of my favorite gurus over the years has been Mr. Birinyi. He recently gave a long term bullish outlook on the US stock market. Check i...

If oil prices stay high for a prolonged period of time it will be put incredible pressure on the Greek, Irish, and Portuguese economies. Th...

Nowadays, global capital flows rapidly in and out of assets around the world. Investment managers, hedge funds, and traders of all types se...

I recently watched a NOVA special entitled “Mind Over Money.” I thought it was pretty good. It discussed the two leading and opposing theo...

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that banks and hedge funds are trading credit default swaps on General Motors bonds that do not ex...

I was recently at my local library’s book sale and came across a set of Harvard Classics that I could not pass up. I bought them and began ...

Mr. El-Erian was interviewed by Mr. Keene on Bloomberg regarding the recent crisis in Libya. The interview revolved around a few issues tha...

When I was young I used to read Barron’s from cover to cover each week. I loved the statistics at the back of each issue. I would always t...

What will happen with the financial situation of state, local, and municipal governments? There is no question that some states are in bad ...

Once again, Mr. Grantham has issued his letter to clients . I really enjoy his writings. Mr. Grantham's advice for the current market ...

Here is a good way to get an idea of what the well-known investors are holding in their portfolios and funds. By searching 13F filings on t...

Stephen R. Covey, the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People , first published this bestseller in 1990. Here is a nice summa...

In the quest for information on stocks one will scour the web for hours. Lately I came across what I believe is the best stock screener out...

I like to read, especially during the winter, when it is difficult to do things outside. Recently I have been reading the book, Marathon: H...

There are many stock screening websites that may be useful, for example MSN Money and Google Finance, but I also like these two. The first ...

One day a blond who had no past experience in horseback riding, decided to try. She mounted the horse, and it started to gallop, the horse k...

I really enjoyed listening and watching Mr. Stephen Schwarzman’s lecture at Yale . Mr.Schwarzman discussed many topics such as the nature o...

This past Sunday night, “60 Minutes,” the television show, had a segment on the looming financial crisis of local, municipal, and state gove...

A couple of hunters were out in the woods when one of them fell to the ground clutching his chest. After struggling for a few seconds,he see...

Here’s a pretty good site that summarizes a typical MBA program . Also, Bloomberg Businessweek has released what it considers the best busi...

China is very unhappy with this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner; Mr. Liu Xiaobo. Mr. Liu is serving eleven years in a Chinese prison for su...

I have just completed reading the book Yes, You Can Time the Market !, by Mr. Ben Stein and Mr. Phil DeMuth. The book is a well-written, no...

I have always known about the excellent returns generated by the Yale endowment, but have never dug deeper to find out who is responsible fo...

Dear Abby, My husband is not happy with my mood swings. The other day, he bought me a mood ring so he would be able to monitor my moods. Whe...

Stoicism was a philosophy towards life that evolved in ancient Greece. Stoicism was founded by Zeno of Citium around 300 B.C. and was later...