Spiked
Whats the old trading adage, ‘don’t try catch a falling knife?’. Weirdly, there is no aphorism for whatever the opposite for that is. At least not one that I know… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Personal finance
Daily Journal, Personal finance, Stoicism
Death-box
I have been very remiss in my stoicism of late. And while there are many facets to stoicism the one that I have been most tardy addressing is that of… Continue Reading
Economics, Libertarianism, Personal finance
Inverted yield curves
Every time yield curves go ‘inverted’ people start to spew forth a lot of garbage. And by people I mostly mean financial journalists and commentators… and really, in my mind… Continue Reading
Trading misconceptions
I’m sure there is way more conjecture and misconceptions about (day) trading. These are the ones I’ve thought about… You can start (day) trading with a small amount of initial… Continue Reading
Spending free money
What should I do with my dividends? I don’t think there is necessarily a right or wrong answer to this. This is largely personal preference. Some people like to reinvest… Continue Reading
Business books
Dear twenty year old me. Given the shortness of life, there are two types of books you shouldn’t waste your time with. Business books. Also known as books that should… Continue Reading
Dividends
I remember the first time I got a dividend payment. It was from Compagnie Financière Richemont. One day in the mail (actual real life mail) I got a thick wad of… Continue Reading
Perpetuating the imperfect system
My heading for this blog post was going to be, ‘Saving for retirement’, but considering how I feel about the topic, that seems disingenuous at best. Also a reader may… Continue Reading
Trading rules
I believe self imposed trading rule-sets and methodology are very much personality dependent and that there is no generic one size fits all. Trying to emulate someone else is often… Continue Reading
Economics, Fundamental Joeyism, Personal finance, Satire
Kill the programmers. Save the world
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to… Continue Reading