November 12, 2024 - Quote of the Day
"If horses could have voted, there never would have been cars," said my friend, Tom Friedman, a columnist at the New York Times.
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September 11, 2024 - Quote of the Day
"Only losers average losers," said my friend and former client, trading legend Paul Tudor Jones.
A Cow Based Economics Lesson
SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbor. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some watered-down milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk at an inflated price. NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sends
Using Momentum Stocks to Call the Market
Hardly a day goes by without a reader asking me which indicators I follow when determining my impeccable market timing. The short answer is that there are hundreds, and the 50-year accumulation updates real-time 24/7 in my head. However, there is one in particular indicator that is worth mentioning today. That would be the performance
China's Coming Demographic Nightmare
Now that China has ended its "One Child" policy, it is time to assess its long-term costs. Adopted 33 years ago, there are now 32 million more boys under the age of 20 than girls. Large scale interference with the natural male:female ratio has been tracked with some fascination by demographers for years, and is