MiB: Steven Pinker on Language and Violence
This week on our Masters in Business podcast, we speak with Steven Pinker, Professor of cognitive psychology at Harvard, is a...
Do $100 Million Apartments Mean We Are in a Bubble ?
Be on Guard Against Bubble Sightings A surge in the number of super-expensive houses for sale doesn’t tell us anything about the...
Click-Bait Memes, Repeated Annually
What if you saw a headline that said that a brilliant billionaireinvestor, whose every move is closely watched, had put on a trade that...
The “Soros Put” Story
More on this later today: During the last four years there have been many articles in the financial media about Soros buying puts. All...
Are John Barron & Donald Trump Socialists?
@TBPInvictus here. I confess that I am utterly fascinated by the recent WaPo audio release of Donald Trump masquerading as his own PR rep...
Nobody Knows Anything
Let’s Say It All Together: Nobody Knows Anything The primary elections are another case study in the futility of making...
What Do Investors (Irrationally) Fear?
The CFA Institute published its annual sentiment report this week. It surveys individual and institutional investors to determine what...
The Presidential Race Offers No Insight into Markets.
As you surely know, this is an election year, and that means a combination of sophistry and ignorance is flooding the news media. The...
Why Are Investors Always Surprised (by Surprises)?
Today I want to discuss the curious nature of surprises. Astonishment, shock, alarm, disbelief, wonder, amazement — pick any...