Archive for April, 2008
Memory Training
April 30th, 2008Interesting article from the NY Times about how you can improve your intelligence through memory training. The study cited in the article completely overturns the consensus that your intelligence cannot be changed.
Here is a snippet:
The results, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, were striking. Although the control groups also made […]
When Insiders Stop Selling
April 29th, 2008Below is a link to a fascinating piece of academic research on insider buying and selling. The most interesting part of this document is what they found when insiders stop selling. Many people conclude this to be a bullish sign and counter intuitively it may be the exact opposite. It may mean a crash is […]
Excellent article on not giving up
April 29th, 2008The Wall Street Journal has an excellent article on the front page of the personal journal section called, “If at First You Don’t Succeed, You’re in Excellent Company.”
Here is an excerpt:
What makes some people rebound from defeats and go on to greatness while others throw in the towel? Psychologists call it “self-efficacy,” the unshakable belief […]
Insider selling on the way down
April 28th, 2008Sell! Sell! That is the signal being given by the executives of AMR, the parent of American Airlines. Despite the stock being down 71% from its 52 week high, executives including three VPs, the Chairman of the Board and the CFO sold more than $3.3 million worth of stock.
I generally don’t pay too much attention […]
Absurd price for Wrigley
April 28th, 2008Since no one else will say it, I will. Mars and Buffett are paying an absolutely absurd price for Wrigley. 28 times 2009 earnings? Are you kidding me? With commodity prices up so much and a weak consumer, I doubt they will even make those 2009 estimates. By the way, those estimates are quietly coming […]
The World to Come
April 27th, 2008I finished a book called, “The World to Come,” by Dara Horn about two weeks ago and the book still resonates deeply with me. It starts out when a young, antisocial, Jewish man goes into a Jewish museum and sees a Marc Chagall painting he is convinced hung in his parents’ house. He decides to […]
Switching to all Macs from PCs
April 25th, 2008I’m about to make a monumental change in my computing life. Or at least it feels that way. Since I was 7 or 8 years old, all I’ve known are PCs. My first computer from my Dad was an IBM PC with two floppy drives and no hard drive. I learned how to play video […]
Vengeance
April 23rd, 2008There is a fascinating and thought provoking article by Jared Diamond in the latest New Yorker. Jared Diamond is the author of such books as Guns, Germs and Steel:The Fate of Human Societies.
This article is about vengeance and how state governments play in the role of removing vengeance from societies. It is absolutely fascinating how […]
Rice Hoarding in the US
April 22nd, 2008Who would have thought that in the bread basket of the world they are hoarding rice?
NY Sun article about rice hoarding
I got this link from Jeff Matthews, whose blog entries I always read.
How the Euro is treating the Dollar
April 17th, 2008This is hilarious…
Euro versus the Dollar
(From Barry Ritholtz)