LB on The TV
LB recently got to strut her stuff in a recent edition of TickerTV with Mentor Progam Alum Andrew Woodward. Unfortunately, I cannot embed the video but you view it by clicking on this link.
The Train Wreck That Is Funds Management
I have been on a bit of a tear lately with regard to hedge funds and their appalling lack of ability and the extraordinary amounts they pay themselves for being worse than average. However, I am nothing if not egalitarian in my dismissal of managed funds as a mechanism of wealth creation. My disdain extends…
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Wrong Again
I have a bit of a thing for data – I believe that you can bumble through your existence in the main according to the available data. It doesn’t matter whether you are deciding between two medical treatments or two new fridges. Data is helpful – correct data is compulsory. This is particularly true when…
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Ten Minutes With Tate Lets Talk Markets
Once again the world seems a slightly more chaotic place with the Middle East being the current flashpoint for stupidity. And once again markets do something interesting.
More Hedge Fund Fun
This follows from the chart of hedge fund earners I posted here. Where possible I have matched the salaries to the performance of their funds I then matched this to the performance of the S&P500 Total Return Index. I used the S&P500TR Index because it is the most widely used benchmark in the industry. Where…
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Two Economies, With One Set of Flaws
Who would have guessed that lazy politicians, a lack of vision, and greedy rent seekers were a universal issue?
Ten Minutes With Tate Heads I Win Tails You Lose
Have you ever wondered why the traders who manage your funds fly around in private jets whilst you sit down at the back of the plane? Have you ever been confused as to how your fund can consistently underperform the market but the fund managers make more in a month than you could conceivably make…
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Ten Minutes With Tate You Are Looking In The Wrong Spot
Right market right time – in terms of the technical aspects of trading there is perhaps nothing more crucial to a trader than being in the right place at the right time. The best stock selection tools in the world will not save you from being stuck in a market that is going nowhere.
Some Observations About Gold
Interestingly this post segues nicely from the previous one on Daniel Kahneman and the difficulties we have with thinking of the world rationally. Gold is the perfect exemplar of traders who cannot reason. The chart below is a daily chart of gold which shows that in the last month, gold has risen about 9.2%Its not…
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