Author Archives: Chris Tate

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No Love For Stocks

Snipped this out of the WSJ It follows on from a discussion we have been having in the Mentor Program about the impact of longer term changes in volumes might have on the market. To be honest I ma not certain what to make of it. Whether it reflects a structural change in the market…

I Have No Idea What To Say

….other than I guess we have all had days like this….

Things I Am Reading

How Neuroscientists and Magicians Are Conjuring Brain Insights The Neuroscience of Effort Robbie Adams: Recording U2′s Achtung Baby & Zooropa We’re creating a culture of distraction  

One In Ten Are Cretins

Whilst eating my vegemite and toast this morning I heard on the radio that one in ten people believe the Mayan prophecy that the world will end on December 21 2012.  If this is true then these folks should be rounded up and quarantined from the rest of us, as should their children because being…

Bear Market Duration

So I was sitting on my arse in front of the idiot box last night enjoying the cinematic delights of Moby Dick 2010 on the Universal channel which runs mockbuster mayhem evenings. Which if you have cable you have to check out. They are friggen hialrious. Any way in one of the ad breaks –…