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- October 28, 2005The Stock Market Is Just Like Sex
The great line: “The stock market is like sex. It feels the best just before it ends.” Harvey Eisen Dow and Jones: The Wizards of Wall Street “Biography: A & E Television…
- October 6, 2005“Risk is like that. You stamp it out in one place, and suddenly it appears somewhere else.”
A Meditation on Risk appears in Fortune magazine: Risk is like that. You stamp it out in one place, and suddenly it appears somewhere else. Bounteous evidence of this phenomenon can be…
- September 21, 2005Kelly Formula, Bell Labs, Data Transmission and Optimal Bet Size
Read the new book Fortune’s Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street by William Poundstone. See my podcast interview with Poundstone here.
- September 11, 2005Speed vs. Impact Risk Matrix for Trading
The Risk Matrix: Speed v. Impact (PDF). More.
- September 2, 2005Van Tharp Wisdom on the Michael Covel Trend Following Podcast
Dr. Van K. Tharp speaks to a “state of mind”: “Many traders start out using a state of mind that focuses on “having.” Rather than focus on how to trade in concert…
- August 28, 2005Earl Weaver: Moneyball and the Three Run Home Run Has Always Been the Key
From the Washington Post today comes a story about the “bunt debate” in baseball: Earl Weaver “As a future Hall of Fame outfielder in Baltimore, Robinson played for four seasons under Manager…
- August 20, 2005Price, Price, Price: The Trend Following Rallying Cry
A recent trend following take from Michael Covel.