Only 20% of Financial Advisors are Female
Blair is in town this week and she discussed the massive reaction that her New York Times op-ed generated throughout the wealth...
Denominator Blindness, Shark Attack edition
Our discussion (Bloomberg) on how (or not) to use anecdotes had some interesting feedback to it. Not on the underlying concept, which...
Questions for the NRF
I get pushback from the NRF each year after my Black Friday discussion. They want to engage in more spin. Here are 10 questions I have...
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Or Not So Much.
@TBPInvictus here: Trump’s fond of talking about jobs, jobs, jobs, and how they’re “pouring” back into the...
Why Most Quant Funds Fail
The Reason Most Quant Funds Fail Source: Mathinvestor See also: Economics, finance and pseudoscience Mathematicians Against...
Who’s A Firearms Industry Employee?
@TBPInvictus here: Conservative commentator S.E. Cupp recently made what I thought was a fairly bold claim on Twitter: The firearms...
Black Friday Forecasts Still Suck
Holiday Sales Forecasts Still Stink Just say no to unreliable methodologies. Bloomberg, November 22, 2017 It’s that time...
“Unprecedented” Trump Rally Lags Rest of the World,...
There’s Lots of Precedent for the Trump Rally Market gains since Election Day have been nothing out of the ordinary. Bloomberg,...
Coincidence: Blade Runner 2049
Perspective: I spend a lot of time talking about all of reasons for the cognitive errors we make. Why I emphasize the...
Bad News from Worse Models
Bad Market News From Junk Forecasting Models The mistake is comparing a recovery from a financial crisis with the rebound from a normal...