A Translation Guide to Asset Manager-Speak Now is a good entry point = Sorry, we are in a drawdown We have a high Sharpe ratio = We don’t make much money We have never lost money = We have never made money We have a great backtest = We are going to lose money after…
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Voters generally, and prosperous voters in particular, suffer from what I call the mother of all cognitive illusions: they believe that having to pay higher taxes would make it more difficult to buy what they want. Like many illusory beliefs, this one may seem self-evident. And yet, as I will explain, it is completely baseless.…
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One of the good things about trading is that you have a lot of time on your hands and I mean a lot of time on your hands. As such you are free to engage in whatever pursuits you want. For me, this often involves exploring various scientific debates that are going on that might…
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Imagine this, you’re at a cocktail party where everyone there is a past version of yourself. There’s a kid’s play area with all the little kid versions of yourself. There’s a TV room with your angsty teenage selves watching music videos and playing video games. Then there’s dozens of adult you’s walking around, sipping whatever…
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…….Before we get to how to improve your self-talk, let’s first discuss why the way you talk to yourself is so important in the first place. While we’ve all got a conversation happening in our heads, it carries on so constantly that our minds have learned to ignore it for the most part. We might…
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Performance anxiety is common in all fields where performers care about the outcomes of their performance. Before a big game, baseball, football, and basketball players may experience performance anxiety. The actor or actress before the play starts; the trader facing a volatile market–all can find that their stress levels get in the way of their…
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One of the biggest mistakes I frequently see in market commentaries is the belief that an index is static, that its composition is fixed in time and place. This is a great little piece that shows the very organic nature of an index such as the S&P500 over time. The index of today is not…
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Saw this snippet online this morning courtesy of The Age online edition. Pop quiz for the day – was the road toll in China for that day higher or lower than 97? Numbers without context or framing are meaningless.
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