I was really surprised by the pic of Mr. Ruggiero. I was picturing a scrawny fellow with a square haircut sporting square specs with a penchant...
This fellow http://falkenblog.blogspot.com/ has done some interesting research that suggests the risk/return tradeoff that has been...
If Surf is trading on a longer time horizon there might be no reason for him to assume he is wrong. He might be simply patiently sticking with a...
Here is a book that compiles some interesting data:...
"The Department of Agriculture reports that the average cost for a middle-income two-parent family to support a kid through high school is...
Unfortunately this is disgenics at work. As average population quality declines the fewer remaining intelligent or perhaps even...
"The terms affirmative action, equal representation, preferential treatment and quotas just don't sell well. The intellectual elite and their...
Wait a second, how could this be? I thought we were moving towards a brave new world when all peoples would all be one "family" of diversity and...
"When I asked management why the jobs of the THREE non-Indian workers (me and two associates), were being terminated, whilst the Indians were...
That is entirely untrue. It is a cost of living arbitrage that has nothing to do with "skill sets" "desire" etc. The end game will be America...
Developed nations need a notion of economics that does not require constant population growth/ponzi scheme growth via new immigration. Low...
Simple: It is third world Arbitrage. It is killing the private sector middle, upper middle, and working class, and it will only get worse UNLESS...
It is pretty simple. Most traders have no idea what they are doing. -no idea how to backtest a strategy -no idea of market structure -do not...
Regardless of where he was born, he does seem to have the most unusual background of any president in history. Looks this way to me:...
Not at all. Once he is warmed up with a few counter-trend trades, he pulls out his turtle-trader home study course and begins religiously taking...
Seriously Cohen. Are you trying to make Israel's supporters look bad? If so, you are doing a mighty fine job.
That is absolutely not true. It is simply a return profile some traders/strategies have, and not others. A 40% win rate means the trader is...
With all do respect, the industry as a whole performs terribly for investors. They hold up the stars while quietly shuffling the losers out of...
"us" vs. "them" is human nature. It is not going away. Idealists are simply unknowingly eager victims, and that is all.
Well, it seems Paulson did succeed in ripping 10+ billion from the big banks that were the counterparties to his mortgage bets (which where then...
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