Archive
Author: Michael Covel
- October 13, 2007Paul Tudor Jones and Trader Film
A fun article on Paul Tudor Jones. I have this video documentary on him. It is a great film.
- October 10, 2007Monty Hall Problem: Trend Followers Live It Every Day
I am not promising this example will make you a better trader, but it will get your probabilistic juices flowing. More.
- October 7, 2007The Cautionary Tale of Victor Niederhoffer
From the New Yorker comes a familiar story The Cautionary Tale of Victor Niederhoffer. More on Victor Niederhoffer can be found in my book.
- September 29, 2007Master Class with Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman
A short course in thinking from Daniel Kahneman. This might not help with your buys and sells, but it sure adds perspective to the “mind” part of the game. More.
- May 30, 2007Trading Principles and Lessons from Leonardo Da Vinci
A good read that adapts Leonardo Da Vinci precepts to trading: Leonardo Da Vinci’s model for learning to paint, from his own notes: 1. Imitate a masters work — best to imitate…
- April 16, 2007Michael Mauboussin: The Wisdom of Crowds
Michael Mauboussin Explaining the Wisdom of Crowds and Applying the Logic of Diversity (PDF). Michael on my podcast too.
- March 8, 20071938 Wisdom Part 2
Last night I posted an excerpt from The 1938 book “Commonsense Speculation”. Another very relevant excerpt: Never forget that all market profits are “paper” until collected. A $1000 or $100,000 paper profit…