Offended?
Apparently some folks took some form of offence at my last video. Its seems the mention of macrame upset some professional macrame players/twiddlers/wankers or whatever you call people who are offended by taking the piss out of macrema.
Those Pesky Chinese
This is interesting – note the gap and the lift in 30 day HV. Traders need to get used to looking to our immediate north more regularly.
WTF IS Going On With These People
If I remember correctly Robert Prechter was once quoted as saying the Dow was going to 100 points. I must have missed it if it did. The issue here is that if you are constantly bearish and calling the end of the world sooner or later you will be right. Its a bit like being…
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Driving in Russia is much more fun…….4.21 is not something you see every day
Academia Is Late To The Party Again….
This article popped into my inbox this morning – Where the Black Swans Hide & the 10 Best Days Myth Here is the abstract – Below we examine market outliers in financial markets. How much effect do these outliers have on long term performance? Can the investor prepare for these anomalies, or are they truly…
DetailsGangster Bankers
People may have outrage fatigue about Wall Street, and more stories about billionaire greedheads getting away with more stealing often cease to amaze. But the HSBC case went miles beyond the usual paper-pushing, keypad-punching sort-of crime, committed by geeks in ties, normally associated with Wall Street. In this case, the bank literally got away with…
DetailsLong Term View
Sometimes it is worth stepping back and having a look at what history can tell you.
Five Reasons Not To Buy Gold
Apparently Barrons has five reasons you shouldn’t buy gold. I have one – see below – although that may change……
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