I’m not sure exactly what to do with Finviz, but there are lots of cool charts and tables.
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Everyone seems to like Amazon’s Kindle – any readers have any reviews they care to share? I’m thinking about getting one for the plane.
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There was once an academic paper I read on the Olympics and and pre and post games stock returns to the local market. Any one have a link?
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Y Combinator offers standardized legal docs for startups.
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A blogger chimes in on why he does what he does. I originally started blogging to try and find out more info on foreign listed hedge funds, arbing listed structured products, and tracking hedge funds through 13fs. The reasons have changed over the years, but I can say the benefits received from the interaction far outweigh the effort required (which is not trivial!).
I also disagree with marketsci and disclose most of my trading strategies. As Richard Dennis once said, “I always say you could publish rules in a newspaper and no one would follow them. The key is consistency and discipline.”
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T. Boone’s hedge fund loses 35% in July. Ouch.
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A profile of uber-quant Wilmott.
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I used to always have a hard time justifying why so many brilliant people spent their lives in the investing world instead of doing something more productive for the good of mankind. This is good to see – now that Shaw has conquered the investing world he is applying his talents elsewhere, namely in finding the secrets of life.
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We have a little family farm in Kansas, so I like the sounds of this – farm land values are ripping.
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Martingale betting strategies work until the cold reality of probability catches up with you. Just ask Bill Miller.
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Nice follow up article to my post on volatility clustering from MarketSci blog, “Market volatility in Up and Down Markets“. Their conclusion:
In conclusion: when the market is in a downtrend, both positive and negative volatility increases leading to more big up AND big down days compared to when in an uptrend. This observation has been consistent over the last 50+ years. Additionally, an increase in volatility in the current trend doesn’t necessarily carry over to the following trend.
