It is too bad Meb (Keflezighi) will not be competing in the 2008 Olympics…

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Silver medalist in 2004.http://www.runmeb.com/(Picture from an old cover of RunnersWorld)

Speaking of Volatility…

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a fairly moderate earthquake here in LA of 5.8. Since the Richter scale goes exponential (a 6 is 10 times worse than a...

Volatility Clustering

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“Statistics are like bikinis. They show a lot, but never everything.” - Lou Piniella, Cubs ManagerI am always surprised as to the posts readers...

Macro Links

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Some macro commentary from Epoch: The Perfect U.S. Economic Storm: Asset Deflation, Commodity Inflation and the Expiration of the "Greenspan Put" ---- From Carpe Diem: The Big...

Everyone Loves Qualcomm Part II

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Hedge fund favorite Qualcomm is up big today (about 18%) to a new 52 week high.  I have written about the stock a few...

Reader Questions

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I need a blog redesign - leave a comment with the best designed blogs or news sites. ---- Ahhh, Web 2.0.  Click here and vote on...

Beta Bear Market, Alpha Bull?

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFF3E0Aqdlc&hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=344] "All night he check, check, check." Teddy KGB in Rounders In poker you fold a majority of the...

Alpha Hall of Fame Interviews

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If you don't subscribe to the magazine, here are the links. All of them are worth reading:Bruce KovnerJames SimonsJulian RobertsonGeorge SorosMichael SteinhardtKenneth GriffinSeth...

NYC This Week

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Posts will be lighter this week as I will be in NYC starting Wednesday. As always, drop me a line if you are...

Rule #1

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Stock markets are risky. According to Bespoke, I count about 8 that are down more than -40%.How long is that going to take you...