Category: Critical Thinking
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Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
– Steve Jobs Read More
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Using the Month of September to Understand Probability and Expectation
September is the month when the U.S. stock market’s three most popular indexes usually perform the poorest. So say the headlines every September. I first wrote this in September 2013 after many commentators had published information about… Read More
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The secret to being successful from a trading perspective is to have an indefatigable and an undying and unquenchable thirst for information and knowledge.
—Paul Tudor Jones Source: http://www.newtraderu.com/2015/04/07/paul-tudor-jones-10-trading-principles/ Read More
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“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”
– George Halas Image source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/375346950164355711/ Read More
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The Southern Voice: What You Don’t Know About the South and the Southern Accent
Asymmetric Information is when someone has superior or more knowledge than others about a topic. The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight occurs when people perceive their knowledge of others to surpass other people’s knowledge of themselves.… Read More
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Uncharted Territory from the Fed Buying Stocks
I remember sometime after 2013 I told someone “The Fed is buying stocks and that’s partly why stocks have risen so surprisingly for so long”. He looked puzzled and didn’t seem to agree, or understand.… Read More
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My 2 Cents on the Dollar, Continued…
In My 2 Cents on the Dollar I explained how the U.S. Dollar is a significant driver of returns of other markets. For example, when the U.S. Dollar is rising, commodities like gold, oil, and foreign… Read More
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Stage and Valuation of the U.S. Stock Market
In The REAL Length of the Average Bull Market last year I pointed out different measures used to determine the average length of a bull market. Based on that, whether you believe the average bull market… Read More
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My 2 Cents on the Dollar
The U.S. Dollar ($USD) has gained about 20% in less than a year. We observe it first in the weekly below. The U.S. Dollar is a significant driver of returns of other markets. For example,… Read More