Articles

Filter by Category:

All Policy Risk Sentiment Debt Retirement Mindset Geopolitics Bonds Investing Life

The Day the Switch Flipped

The Day the Switch Flipped

I had the highest SAT scores in my high school and graduated 38th out of 440. I had the third-highest SAT scores in my college class and graduated 91st out of 220. Don’t get me wrong, smart and lazy people are good, but I was going nowhere in life.

Read more

Voodoo in Markets and in Life

Voodoo in Markets and in Life

The markets are a game where the rules are constantly changing.

Read more

All My Luck Is Thrown

All My Luck Is Thrown

You buy a stock. It goes up. Was that luck or skill? I think it kind of depends on who you are.

Read more

The More Mistakes, the Better

The More Mistakes, the Better

Trading acumen is 10% academic study, 30% experience, and 60% mistakes. You really do only learn by doing.

Read more

Two Charts for the New Year

Two Charts for the New Year

I’m thinking that 2025 is going to be different from 2024, even though 2024 was not different from 2023.

Read more

NIGHT MOVES and the Pitiful State of the American Literary Man

NIGHT MOVES and the Pitiful State of the American Literary Man

I want to talk about why this book is important.

Read more

 1 2 3 >  Last ›