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    Things you don't believe in?

    " Things you don't believe in? " IMO: Belief is a goal seeking process. Once attaining the predefined goal (or you don't like the goal anymore), its original belief can be no longer required.
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    Why Is The Obvious Not So Obvious?

    I have my guess too. Not 24. "The answer is 42!" " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_%28number%29 42 (forty-two) is the natural number immediately following 41 and directly preceding 43. The number has received considerable attention in popular culture as a result of its central appearance in The...
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    Trend Following Declared Dead By Financial Times

    Just FYI, I have already updated my trend-following strategy according to this recent trend which is "Trend-following is dead"!
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    Why Is The Obvious Not So Obvious?

    Here is my guess: Because we don't know what is/are the "Obvious"! To find out or discuss "Why is the Obvious not so Obvious", we would need to know first "What is/are the Obvious"! Just 2 cents.
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    There is no "system"

    To come to the realisation that there is no "system", we must need a "system" to attain that realisation!
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    Lies, damned lies and share price graphics

    Lies, damned lies and share price graphics http://www.theage.com.au/money/investing/lies-damned-lies-and-share-price-graphics-20140821-106ksk.html " Charts may be truthful, but can you trust them? So how does a salesperson project certainty and make equities appear safe when we all know...
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    Big Data in Financial Prediction

    " High-tech traders use social media to gain edge http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/hightech-traders-use-social-media-to-gain-edge-20140827-1092i0.html Greg Daniel, the chief executive of KPMG SR7, a social media intelligence and research firm, says hedge funds around the globe have been...
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    Robin Williams Dead - Suspected Suicide

    A Great Soul indeed!!! " http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/robin-williams-charity_n_5671209.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063 Robin Williams Was Simply A Good Human Being And Here's Proof The Huffington Post | By Eleanor Goldberg Posted: 08/12/2014 10:42 am EDT Updated: 08/12/2014...
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    Baron's Tight-wire Act

    +1 Suggestion 2 - To provide a feature on each thread for listing "5 other relevant threads for your reference if you like this thread".
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    Baron's Tight-wire Act

    Suggestion 1 - To allow multiple nick-names per each registered user with ET (Therefore one when using a new nick-name could comfortably ask questions or partake discussions with any new topic that has not been familiar to him, without worrying/ causing any embarrassment.)...
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    Does shale development make economic sense?

    Why the shale gas fracking fad is the new dotcom bubble " US shale gas production could be headed for a serious slump. Photo: Bloomberg Public opinion has been divided very starkly indeed by the government’s invitation to energy companies to apply for licences to develop shale gas...
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    Mathematical expectation

    Quote Edge is like teenage sex: Everybody talks about it; Nobody really knows how to do it; Everyone thinks everyone else is doing it; So everyone claims having it; ... Unquote :D
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    Mathematical expectation

    imo, Expectancy = (Probability of Win * Average Win) – (Probability of Loss * Average Loss) Edge exists, If {[Expectancy/(Number of Trades)] - (Cost of Options per Trade) where [(Cost of Options)<(Premium of Options)]} >0 LOL PS: Edge can exist in other forms!
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    Elite Trader entrance exam

    " A sample question from Bright Kids NYC for practicing for the ... " After spending nearly 30 minutes for the question, I decided to give up thinking of entering to this Elite school.
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    Who will teach me?

    Seem interesting links: http://www.bogleheads.org/SitesOfInterest.php Where do you find the above return rates? Risk-adjusted? http://investing.covestor.com/2012/10/what-is-risk-adjusted-return
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    $710 trillion: that's a lot of exposure to derivatives

    The article concludes, " It's true that banks are able to use interest rate swaps to hedge their exposure to a certain movement interest rates, but for example JP Morgan's total assets are US$1.5 trillion while its exposure to derivatives is US$70 trillion, or 47 times the assets, so you'd...
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    $710 trillion: that's a lot of exposure to derivatives

    What would be the implications potentially? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-12/kohler-controlling-derivatives/5515666 $710 trillion: that's a lot of exposure to derivatives " The leverage problem facing the global economy these days is not excessive lending on housing, as it was...
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    Optimal Leverage in Futures

    I think it's intuitive!
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