Trump, Brexit, and predictions in an age of uncertainty
If 2008 was a sharp reminder that banking matters, then 2016 has reminded us that politics matters too — and, in both cases, the reminder has not been especially welcome. How should economists respond? Until recently, both banking and politics tended to be something of a niche interest in the economics profession. This isn’t quite…
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Past Performance Is No Guarantee
This is an interesting way to look at this issue using an everyday comparison. More here – Visual Capitalist.
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Apparently I am Not Going To Die
As a regular user of sauna’s to manage post workout soreness I am heartened by this headline. Source – Healthiest Blog
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Statistics And Elections
One of the more annoying things about the US election;as if it were at all possible to list all the annoying things in one sopt is the inability of journalists to understand basic statistics. Consider the graphic below which I snipped from the site FiveThirtyEight Most are interpreting this as a lock for the Clinton…
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FoMO
For those who are not up with the current vernacular FoMO apparently refers to Fear Of Missing Out. According to Wikipedia FoMO is defined in the following way – Fear of missing out or FoMO is “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent”.[2] This social angst[3] is…
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S&P 500 Gaps
Interesting to note the number of times the S&P 500 has a had a gap reversal out of a downtrend in recent times.
