volatility drag in action
real world example of our insidious friend volatility drag
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notes
shorts, fragments, travel notes, culture, books, stray observations
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the man of the cliffs
documentary about Purunga, a traditional cliff fisherman in Peru.
a handful of basic ideas for The Idler
these ideas belong to the world of tinkering rather than to the realm of grand philosophical principles.
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financial crisis headlines (Oct 7, 2008)
just some notes I took while things were unfolding in September and October 2008
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number 1: ensemble vs. time
a first attempt to disentangle the (on the surface) simple question "what is the expected return?"
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the idler capital
the most apt name for an investment endeavor.
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wild randomness
an easy to visualize example of wild randomness
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samuel johnson on parental responsibility
on our moral obligation to ensure our children's well-being.
when you get too close, you only hear the noise
In the presence of randomness, high-frequency observation obscures signal. Why Djokovic's 55% point wins reveal less than his 88% match record.
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black blood that kept drippin'
I am no stranger to you. I was born in Troy, and the blood you see is oozing from no tree...
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virgil is the prince of the poets
in The Aeneid, we find a seamless fluidity that is indifferent to the translator
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how is it that such an occurrence can occur?
so there it was: Emerson filled the remaining $15.06 needed on top of the cheap plastic pretend play doctor kit... how is it possible?
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