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Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Horse Sense, A Rare Predictive Power

Meet Jack. He’s a horse (Belgian stallion). He can sense danger before it senses him. He can find his way home through a blizzard on a moonless night. These abilities loosely translate into “horse sense.” According to recent calculations, my content, on average, is six months ahead of the news. Now you understand the [...]

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Jon Stewart Gets It, Boycott CNBC

CNBC’s Laughable Financial Advice

Jon Stewart finally jumps on the anti-CNBC bandwagon and makes terrific sport of it. His observations aptly summarize the years of “yucking it up” that I and my “real money trading” colleagues have experienced. When it comes to investing, the first assets you acquire should include:
1) 8lb sledge hammer (for killing TVs and radios)
2) 32 oz. Kingsford lighter fluid (see [...]

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Harvard’s Benjamin Edelman Is A Hatemonger

Liars, damned liars, and all of ‘em statisticians. (yep, just made that up). The best lies ever orchestrated are overflowing with dubious and compounded statistics. In my UofU, Basic Research Methods Course (101), Professor Tufts suggested that the motive and intent of the creator of a study is paramount. He jocularly referred to it as the “sniff test.” In essence, if a study stinks of [...]

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Entries from March 2009

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Horse Sense, A Rare Predictive Power

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Jon Stewart Gets It, Boycott CNBC

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Harvard’s Benjamin Edelman Is A Hatemonger

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