February 2012
9 posts
Language maybe a cause for obesity and poor... →
This is a clever study showing that the way languages address the future vs the present is highly correlated with how much people take care of themselves.
I makes me think it could also be interesting to monitor saving / spending keywords to anticipate stock market tends.
January 2012
7 posts
“501k: When one’s economic situation has become so tenuous that their entire net...”
– Urban Dictionary
“Since 1998, the effective return to hedge-fund clients has only been 2.1% a...”
– http://www.economist.com/node/21542452
“The fundamental law of investing: you will NEVER be the first or the only one”
– You will never be the first or the only to discover a promising company, hence its price being already higher than you think
You will never be the first or the only one to exit, hence it may already be at a low point and ready to rebound.
The good news is: you will never be the first or the only...
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Valu Valu is up 28.9% in 2011 →
November 2011
10 posts
“An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted...”
– Laurence J. Peter
“In economics, things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then...”
– Rudiger Dornbusch
"If someone doesn't think you're hot, the next...
Dating site OKCupid.com gives extensive analysis of social behavior: who’s got more messages, how people respond. What makes it fascinating is that the analysis is always backed by hard data: there is no subjective argument, only pure statistical observations. This is a rare opportunity to glimpse directly at our minds, and mostly as what Daniel’s Kahneman calls ‘System 1’, the part of our...
“Definition of Bailout:
If you owe the bank thousands of dollars, it’s...”
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“There’s nothing wrong with having plans, plans are great.
But missions...”
– Seth Godin
“The Stock Market should be driven by logic, and accessible to anybody. Of...”
“Individuals who consistently succeed in various probabilistic fields possess...”
– Michael Mauboussin
“You will be sorely tempted to climb on market bandwagons late, after a huge run,...”
– Interloping.com
“In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.”
– George Santayana
October 2011
22 posts
“It’s not the news that drives equity prices. It’s […] the reaction to the...”
– Barry Ritholtz
V2 Alpha 12-months trailing return: 25.72%
+2.6% since last week
Occupy Your Money →
Neat idea: putting info graphics about the ‘Occupy Wall street’ movement on $1 bills.
http://www.valuvalu.com/history.html →
Virtual Hedge Fund return on the last 12 months: 33.49%
“No one would trust the advices of an obese fitness guru. So why do people ask...”
