Interesting 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 […]
READ MOREWhen Insiders Stop Selling
Below 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 […]
READ MOREExcellent article on not giving up
The 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 […]
READ MOREInsider selling on the way down
Sell! 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 […]
READ MOREThe World to Come
I 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 […]
READ MORESwitching to all Macs from PCs
I’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 […]
READ MOREVengeance
There 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 […]
READ MOREGreat Washington Post article
This article by the Pulitzer Prize winning writer Gene Weingarten is hilarious. He traps himself in a room for 24 hours with 6 TVs, 2 radios and a computer and forces himself to watch the news and listen to talk radio. Very funny… Gene Weingarten on 24 hour news binge
READ MOREStress management tips from an easily stressed guy
Stress management is constantly on my mind. Managing people’s money is a burden, a duty and is very stressful. I’m constantly looking for ways to reduce stress or to combat it before it boils to the surface with unpleasant results. Here are my best reactive and proactive ways to fight stress: 1)Go for a walk […]
READ MOREGreat post on GE and kryptonite
Barry Ritholtz is a must read, as the following post shows. This is a great follow up to my post on GE from a few days ago. GE and Kryptonite
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