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Category: Holy Grails
- September 29, 2013Who Makes the Sausage? Ryan Vlastelica!
Ever stop for a second to observe who makes the sausage? A headline written today by Reuters Ryan Vlastelica: “NEW YORK (Reuters) – As a last-minute deal to resolve spending negotiations in…
- September 23, 2013Buying on Rumor & Selling on Fact?
A quotation from a Yahoo Finance video with Sam Stovall–Chief Equity Strategist with S&P Capital IQ: “In the near term we will end up buying on rumor, selling on fact.” Sounds like…
- September 17, 2013Prediction is for ‘Suckas’
From The Huffington Post: “According to a survey by Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales, effectively all economists agreed that stock prices are hard to predict. Only 59% of average Americans felt the…
- September 6, 2013Manipulation, Talking Heads and Holy Grails
Once you see how the system is trying to manipulate you, you can’t go back to your old way of thinking. The talking heads and holy grails are everywhere you turn: Michael,…
- August 17, 2013Talking Loud and Saying Nothing
This email came in: I am an avid listener of you podcast, I have read and seen much of your material and I have to say enjoy your controversial approach. I find…
- August 2, 2013The Criminal Mind of Forecasters Is About the “Strings”
From ZeroHedge: An economic forecast is more like analysis of a criminal mind than evaluation of economic data. From Alan Moore in his Watchmen: We’re all puppets, Laurie. I’m just a puppet…
- July 29, 2013Falling Prey to The Wall Street Journal Spin
Received this request recently: Hello, I would like to know your view on this article by John Taylor. Thanks for the opportunity to clarify: 1. In my 4 books I address multiple…