Archive for November, 2006
A Smarter Computer to Pick Stocks
November 25th, 2006This is a funny article about black box trading systems, along with quotes from crackpot, technology fetishist and (would you believe?) hedgefund manager, Ray Kurzweil. Sure, “invest” your money in a half cocked bum fight between super computers! Via NY Times: Ray Kurzweil, an inventor and new hedge fund manager, is describing the future of […]
U.S. Dollar in Strong Decline
November 25th, 2006Via: Financial Times: A sharpening slide in the US dollar unnerved global markets on Friday as investors sought to protect themselves from the possibility of sustained dollar weakness. As US markets were closing on Friday , the euro stood at a 19-month high of $1.309, up 1.2 per cent, while sterling gained 0.9 per cent […]
The Day The Earth Nearly Died
November 24th, 2006This is a fascinating read. Via BBC: 250 million years ago, long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the land and oceans teemed with life. This was the Permian, a golden era of biodiversity that was about to come to a crashing end. Within just a few thousand years, 95% of the lifeforms on the planet […]
‘The Bastards Got Me’
November 24th, 2006Via: Times Online UK: The poisoned Russian spy breathed defiance at the Kremlin as the effects of a mystery cocktail pushed him towards his death last night. “I want to survive, just to show them,†Alexander Litvinenko said in an exclusive interview given just hours before he died. Too weak to move his limbs and […]
CIA Operatives at Scene of RFK’s Assassination
November 23rd, 2006Via BBC: New video and photographic evidence that puts three senior CIA operatives at the scene of Robert Kennedy’s assassination has been brought to light. The evidence was shown in a report by Shane O’Sullivan, broadcast on BBC Newsnight. It reveals that the operatives and four unidentified associates were at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles […]
Evidence-Based Technical Analysis
November 22nd, 2006The fallacy of technical analysis is interesting. How was I able to make money with these tools in the past? Luck, combined with a market that was trending mostly up; that’s how. In actuality, throwing chicken entrails against the wall would have roughly the same predictive capability as my multi period stochastics, moving averages and […]
The World’s First Creationist Museum
November 22nd, 2006Via The Guardian: Just off the interstate, a couple of junctions down from Cincinnati’s international airport, over the state line in rural Kentucky, the finishing touches are being put to an impressive-looking building. When it is finished and open to the public next summer, it may, quite possibly, be one of the weirdest museums in […]
UK: Roadside Fingerprint Reading
November 22nd, 2006Via The Guardian: Police trials of a hand-held electronic fingerprint reader are being launched. Experts hope the device will save massive amounts of police time and money by allowing officers to identify suspects on the roadside without having to take them to the station. A pilot scheme – called Project Lantern – will be used […]
Liberty Dollars Not Legal Tender, United States Mint Warns Consumers
November 22nd, 2006Look what happened to the last guy who tried to change the funny money situation. Via U.S. Mint: Under 18 U.S.C. § 486, it is a Federal crime to pass, or attempt to pass, any coins of gold or silver intended for use as current money except as authorized by law.
UK: ‘Supernannies’ to Tackle Antisocial Children
November 22nd, 2006Via The Guardian: A team of “supernannies” is to be sent to some of Britain’s most deprived areas to help parents control antisocial children, Tony Blair revealed today. The parenting experts will be sent to 77 areas with high levels of unruly behaviour, teenage pregnancies and truancy from school. The £4m scheme will also force […]
