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This Bloke Is Great
Before After Its amazing how simple things can be so effective – no ab trainer – no pilates – no hot yoga – no friggen zumba. Just hard work and someone holding the pads for you.
What HFT Looks Like
This fascinating little animation is from Nanex who monitor HFT trading. It looks at 0.5 of a second of trading in Johnson and Johnson. When watching it remember this is a 1/2 second which is less than the time between beats of your heart. I have included their explanation below the video. The bottom box…
Volunteer Mentors
I was fortunate that I grew up in a time when those coming to Australia looking for a new start were largely welcomed. The notion of a fair go was still commonplace and this idea of a fair go did not have the sharp racial divide that it has now. In the spirit of this…
Equity Markets Will Not Lay Down
The four top performers for the last month were all equity markets.
Math As Myth
For all of the appearances of the golden ratio, there many be even more erroneous sightings of it. The spiral of the nautilus’ shell is often said to fit precisely within a golden rectangle regardless of its size. But that is untrue. Each nautilus shell does maintain the same proportions throughout the animal’s life (that…
How Corporate Logos Evolve
Just for fun – Apples original logo looks like an Apple that has been left out in the sun for a month.
Behavioural Finance Experts
I was not able to embed the video so click on the image below to be taken to the WSJ Watch: How to Tame Your Emotions When Investing Watch three Experts–Meir Statman of Santa Clara University and author of “What Investors Really Want,” Terrance Odean of the University of California, Berkeley and consultant, writer and investment adviser Tom…
Fear Or A Lack Of Discipline
Following my piece on fear I got a few comments from people that indicate that many confuse a lack of discipline with fear. To me fear is a visceral experience, it is almost tangible in the way it can paralyse ones actions and distort thinking. A lack of discipline is a behavioural trait and is…
Some Strange Things Are Happening To Astronauts Returning To Earth
Best viewed in full screen.
When is $18.6 Million Just Not Worth The Effort
I have noted with some amusement that financial commentators have gone a flutter in their nether regions at the thought of George Soros trading the $A and how it is reported that he made a profit of $18.6 million. Whilst, having $1 billion to throw at a trade must certainly be exciting and $18.9 million…
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