Bonkers Chart Of The Day
This is taken from The Atlantic – it shows the runaway levels of debt among US students.
Outliers
It is now nearly two years since events conspired in such a way as to send bushfires of unparalleled size and ferocity across Victoria. The time between then and now has been spent dissecting why the fires were so bad, our response so inadequate and how to avoid such an occurrence in the future. To…
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You may want to pay attention to the physical timing of your decisions to enter new trades. Decision fatigue helps explain why ordinarily sensible people get angry at colleagues and families, splurge on clothes, buy junk food at the supermarket and can’t resist the dealer’s offer to rustproof their new car. No matter how rational…
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Having risen by a third since the beginning of 2011 and nearly fivefold since 2004, one analyst believes the precious metal is now in bubble territory and an “absurdity”. “Gold is not money and has no investment yield and in fact incurs carrying/storage costs. With the 10 year US treasury rate at 2 percent and…
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Here is one of those charts courtesy of JP Morgan that look interesting but which I never really understand the value of. Whilst history is interesting I am uncertain as to the relevance to traders of inflation adjusted charts since I dont know anyone who is interested in holding gold for 40 years. Unless you…
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If you think gravity is hard for traders considered BMX riders. Warning contains a profound example of why gravity still works.
DetailsIts Friday
This is offered as a distraction from the current state of the markets.
More Money Than God
Just working my way through this book by Sebastian Mallaby who does a good job of not only taking you through the complexities of the world of hedge funds but also introducing some seriously odd but talented people. For example I had no idea that Alfred Winslow the founder of the first ever true hedge…
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