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The very first video located on the right hand side of this page is about the importance of calculating one’s DTR (Desired Target Return).  As my personal DTR has increased from 4% to 8%, due to the excessive and irrational … Continue reading →

Who was stupid enough to buy this morning?  C’est moi .  Yes, I had a buy order in for SPY at 286 and it executed at 275.  I am now at 60% in SCHO and 23% in 4 tech stocks … Continue reading →

The time to be afraid was a week ago. I am starting to buy.

Bloomberg news had an interesting article in their February 17th magazine titled, “Selling Private Equity (PE) at The Superstore.” Yes, that sector of the market reserved for the very rich may soon be available as an ETF or mutual fund … Continue reading →

Remember when President Trump said: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn’t lose any voters, okay?” Well, he just shot a foreign general with a rocket in a foreign country and then lied … Continue reading →

The only thing standing in the way of President Trump using the Federal Reserve to bankroll his real estate empire or a Democratic congress using the Fed to provide massive infrastructure and universal health care without raising taxes is…Nothing and … Continue reading →

The first question to Fed Chairman Powell today in his meeting with congress was about a new cryptocurrency called “Libra” and its possible impact on monetary policy. Also, President Trump invited all but one leader of Silicon Valley tech companies … Continue reading →

I had the pleasure of attending a webinar on June 13th by AlgoDynamix. The management team are physicists who met at Cambridge University. Instead of using historic return data, like I do, they look at behavioral characteristics of clusters they … Continue reading →

In his book, The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks, Joshua Ramo asks: “Do you believe the spread of democracy is inevitable? Or do you think we live in an age of global chaos and … Continue reading →

A Truth that’s told with bad intent Beats all the Lies you can invent William Blake   We’re told trade wars are good And debt of nations, states and you. Even better if it’s B or  below But Prized above … Continue reading →