Correlation Matrix
It has been awhile since I did a dodgy correlation matrix of some of our major stocks. These are price correlations only – a correlation above 51% is coded yellow, below 0 is coded grey.
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Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS
The reviewer keeps comparing it to the GT3 which is a valid comparison if you are going to spend that much money. However, an afternoon in a GT3 will guarantee you a months worth of physiotherapy particularly if you hit a railway crossing at speed.
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Hedge Funds Lose Money for Everyone
What could possibly go wrong….. When Douglas Kobak was an adviser at a large brokerage firm, he suggested his wealthiest clients buy a hedge fund promising to be “a very conservative alternative to bonds.” Then the credit crisis hit in 2008, the fund imploded and investors got 45 cents on the dollar — as long…
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History Counts
One of the more frustrating things about trading is that in some ways your returns are bounded by the environment within which you are investing. This is particularly true if you are dim enough to be a buy and hold investor. The underlying sentiments of markets ebbs and flows and this sentiment infects all aspects…
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And you may ask yourself ….. Well … How did I get here?
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself Well…How did I get here? Once In A LifeTime…
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Would You Rather Upset God, Or Have Him Just Ignore You?
Hugh Hendry is the manager of the boutique fund Eclectica. Whilst we see the world in different ways I find him to be interesting because of his ability to construct a cohesive, articulate narrative and the way he shines a light on the inner workings of a hedge fund.
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Yet Another Thing I Wont Be Doing Today
I am intrigued though by the somewhat jarring juxtaposition between the video and the imagery of the outback created by the soundtrack.
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