Masters In Business – Jack Schwager
Click here to be taken to the download site for this excellent piece. Via Bloomberg Masters In Business Podcasts
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Money Management Quotes
I was going though some old bits and pieces and came across some quotes I had collected from the Market Wizards books. “[Michael Marcus – another top trader] taught me one other thing that is absolutely critical: You have to be willing to make mistakes regularly; there is nothing wrong with it. Michael taught me…
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The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the British Pound
I remember sitting in an airport watching this unfold on the tv’s in the lounge trying as hard as I could not to get overly shitty that I had chosen now to be in between offices….. In 1992, George Soros brought the Bank of England to its knees. In the process, he pocketed over a…
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Diary Of A Pro Punter
This is actually quite interesting. Tuesday The working week almost always commences on a Tuesday, when I’m generally in the office by 8.00am.(Editor’s note: This ‘office’ is in fact larger than most houses. It is a lavish three bedroom, two bathroom, $1 million-plus penthouse with rooftop entertaining area and pool.) Tuesdays are largely set aside…
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John Henry and the Making of a Red Sox Baseball Dynasty
Then, in 1975, Henry’s father died. Suddenly, at 26, he was back in Arkansas and running a 1,000-acre farm. Farmers often guard against volatile crop prices by buying futures contracts to hedge risk. Henry began purchasing soybean and corn futures and soon realized he was more interested in futures trading than farming. As Seth Mnookin…
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Pirates
I heard a remark in passing the other day that prompted me to do a bit of research. Pirates, that is the sort that hijack ships not the sort that illegally download Game of Thrones have their own stock exchange. This exchange was established in 2009 in Harardheere which is north of Mogadishu. This exchange…
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