Game Theory

Excellent chat with game theorist Ariel Rubinstein. Ariel Rubinstein of Tel Aviv University and New York University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of game theory and behavioral economics, two of the most influential areas of economics in recent years. Drawing on his Afterword for the 60th anniversary edition of Von Neumann…

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Silver

It seems as if silver has stopped fizzing at the bung hole. The question is can anything be deduced from this and the answer to this is not really. It is simply a demonstration that markets can go up and then they can go down.

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Perspective

With all the gnashing of teeth regarding the collapse of the USD and the subsequent end of civilisation as we know it should this fall continue I thought I would post a chart of the USD Index. The USD Index measure the performance of the USD versus a basket of currencies. On this chart I…

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Japanese Wisdom

It is interesting where you come across little points of history that are applicable to trading. I was rereading a Japanese poem about three of Japan’s most famous warlords and a hototogisu. The hototogisu is a small songbird and is also known as the lesser cuckoo – a much more boring description that the Japanese…

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