Its Friday
If ever you wondered how stupid conservative politicians in the US are look no further
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How Much Does It Cost to Book Your Favorite Band?
I must admit I have pondered this ever since a mate of mine had Russell Morris perform at his wife’s birthday and he was friggen excellent. Click the image below for the full list from Priceconomics
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The Science of Improving Your Performance at Almost Anything
Average performers believe their errors were caused by factors outside their control: My opponent got lucky; the task was too hard; I just don’t have the natural ability for this. Top performers, by contrast, believe they are responsible for their errors. Note that this is not just a difference of personality or attitude. Recall that…
DetailsThe Physics Of Wall Street
I have just finished wading through The Physics of Wall Street by James Owen Weatherall which tracks the impact of quantitative traders on both finance at large and Wall street in particular. As the title suggests it concentrates most on physicists who have made the leap into finance and with them have brought their impressive…
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Patience
When novice traders enter the world of trading they are bombarded by all sorts of rubbish about what to do and how to do it. Unfortunately, very little of this material covers what is actually important and none of it seems to mention the words courage and patience. I have spoken about the notion of…
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Nimble amoebas battle for world supremacy
I have no idea why I find this interesting. Whoosh!” bragged geneticist Michael Myre, spreading his fingers and pushing his hands away from his body. “That’s what they’ll do.” ‘Whoosh’ is not a word often applied to the slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum — affectionately called ‘Dicty’ by its devoted following of cell biologists and geneticists — but Myre,…
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The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the British Pound
I remember sitting in an airport watching this unfold on the tv’s in the lounge trying as hard as I could not to get overly shitty that I had chosen now to be in between offices….. In 1992, George Soros brought the Bank of England to its knees. In the process, he pocketed over a…
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Guess I am Going To Have To Wait
I have been waiting for awhile for a breakout of congestion to enable me to go long the Dow. Looks like I will have to wait a little bit longer.
