A Tale Of Two Funds
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
TED 2023
A TEDTalk from the future as envisioned by Prometheus director Ridley Scott
Harvey Norman
Whilst wandering about this morning I had the radio on and heard Gerry Harvey bleating about how the woeful performance of company is now the fault of the government. Which is a welcome change because last week it was those evil online shoppers. If they gave a prize for the billionaire who does the most…
DetailsThe Silent Time Bomb on Your Plate
I have to confess that what I know about farming could be written on a gnats arse with a six inch nail. That taken as a given this doco appealed to me simply because it looks at a serious problem from a different perspective.
I Love Idiot Disclaimers
Came across this vid on the google box. I love the fact that it has a disclaimer at the beginning that it was performed by trained professionals as opposed to a few blokes emboldened by beer armour who just thought they would have a go.
The Mindset Of The Profitable Trader
Well, we are now some three weeks into the lastest mentor program and it is interesting to see the shift in the thinking of some of the participants. I have to admit it is always intriguing to see the ideas that new traders seem to have picked up along the way and often how tenaciously…
DetailsDiffusion Of Responsibility
Over the weekend I revisited this article from The Guardian It was the holy grail of investors. The Black-Scholes equation, brainchild of economists Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, provided a rational way to price a financial contract when it still had time to run. It was like buying or selling a bet on a horse, halfway…
DetailsThe Top Five Regrets Of The Dying
There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the most common regrets we have at the end of our lives. And among the top, from men in particular, is ‘I wish I hadn’t worked so hard’. More from the…
DetailsThis Had To Hurt
People dont seem to bounce all that well
