The ongoing shift from Analog to Digital
Chris Anderson’s Long Tail discusses the Mainstream Media’s meltdown. Readers of the Big Picture have seen this argument...
An Excuse for Bad Advice
This chart has been used primarily as an excuse for bad investment advice: Source: Marketwatch Why an excuse? It builds in an out for the...
Waiting for Kedro
One of the highlights of my weekend is Professor Paul Kedrosky’s Sunday morning linkfest. (yes, I know, that’s kinda...
We, The Media
A big shout out to Hans of Milano, Italy. Hans plucked Dan Gillmor’s We the Media off of the not well publicized Amuse Me link to...
Wisdom versus Madness
Two books point out the inherent challenge of the Markets. The irony lay in their titles: they seem to be inconsistent, polar opposites...
Trend Following
Amos Hostetter, the wise sage of the infamous Commodities Corporation, offered wisdom, well worth sharing: Trading Dont’s...
Some Worthwhile Reads
A hedge fund friend, now comfortably esconced in Colorado, asked for some market/econ related reading suggestions. One thing led to...
The Number
A hedge fund manager friend pointed me to this post from Mark Cuban’s blog. Its his forward to the book “The Number,”...