Freediving Is the Lung-Crushing, Mind-Altering Path to Inner Peace
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Trend Following Is Dead…blah.. blah.. blah…
Before I head off to Fiji for a week I was cleaning out an image archive I keep when I came across this chart of Poseidon from the 1960’s. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia Despite what people say nothing ever changes…..
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Bulls, Bears & Charlatans
The word ‘charlatan’ is supposedly derived from the Italian word ciarlare, which means ‘to babble.’ Some of the original charlatans were confidence men who would prey upon people’s misunderstandings about healthcare before modern medicine existed. There used to be traveling medicine shows where the salesperson would make promises of magic elixirs that would heal all wounds. It…
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Habits vs Goals
“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit is persistence in practice.” — Octavia Butler More here – Farnham Street
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The Reality of Statistics
I snipped this table from Business Insider – it shows the likelihood of various sorts of maladies befalling the average American. Apart from the appalling statistic for gun violence my guess is that it is roughly transferable to Australia. It highlights the profound disconnect between true risk as expressed as a number that is harsh…
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Guru Predictions Chart
Following on from using sentiment to try and predict the future Jon Boorman has updated his wonderful guru predictions chart. Source: Jon Boorman
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Investor Sentiment….Who Cares….
This is a chart of investor sentiment as produced by the American Association of Individual Investors. Each week the association polls its members with the question where do you feel the stockmarket will be in the next six months. The results are tallied to give a percentage bullish, bearish or undecided. These sorts of metrics…
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