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This has nothing to do with precious metals.
Over the course of any week, I read a lot of articles. Sometimes unrelated stories form connections in my head. Such a connection was made recently between two unrelated items: Elliott Rodger (the Isla Vista killer, who murdered six people and himself) and Wendi Deng, the soon-to-be-ex-wife (his third) of Rupert Murdoch. (more…)
Well, here’s a new entry for Slope’s Things Are Seldom What They Seem department. First, look at this video of a (really lame) ventriloquist from a mid-80s Christian Television Network kids’ show:
This is one of those posts that has nothing to do with trading, the “markets”, charting, or anything else related to our efforts to claw a few dollars out of financial instruments. It’s one of those posts that may alienate some readers, deepen the commitment of others, and merely annoy some in the middle. But I have to get it off my chest, and it’s about the “diversity report” from Google that has been getting so much press this week. (more…)
On Friday, I read that Katie Cotton, Apple’s corporate communications chief for the past 18 years, was leaving her job. I had never really much about her before, but the general impression seems to be she’s not exactly all sunshine and unicorns, as reported by ValleyWag: (more…)
Greetings from the Pacific Northwest, where I will be with mia familia until late Monday.
This morning, I wanted to share some thoughts about fear and the damage it can do to one’s profitability. Now fear is quite a distinct thing from frustration (both of which have been served up in ample heaps to bull and bear alike thus far in 2014). A good example of frustration is when a Sloper will write me, expressing disgust at the market and resolving to quit trading either for a while (measured in months) or permanently. I got one such email this week. I’ve marked the point at which the email arrived: (more…)
