A couple of minor technical problems called “business” and “life” have now intruded on my increasingly bogged down publication schedule that, in the interest...
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OregonLive.comJPMorgan, the Volcker Rule, and the Extreme Brevity of Financial MemoryHuffington PostExhibit A: The renewed battle over the so-called Volcker Rule in response to JPMorgan Chase's recent trading loss -- which might reach $5 billion. H...
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Kansas City StarStriking keepsakes: US Mint at West Point stamps Sept. 11 medals that raise ...Washington PostWEST POINT, NY — Medals in memory of the Sept. 11 attacks are being struck from silver at the US Mint at West Point. The mint next to US Mil...
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US Mint strikes 9/11 medals as memorial fundraiserSan Francisco Chronicle(05-18) 10:01 PDT West Point, NY (AP) -- Medals in memory of the Sept. 11 attacks are being struck from silver at the US Mint at West Point. The mint next to US Military Academy s...
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For the first time in recent memory, the bears get to have turkey for Thanksgiving, the turkey being this market. Cycle projections are having trouble keeping up with the price action, but a new set of projections is now available for all key trading cycles that should please the bears and scare the bulls....
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In a sense, brilliance is like a fast computer with lots of memory, it can be used to manage a ponzi scheme like Madoff's without detection, or to devise a new drug to cure cancer. Brilliance is like atomic energy, it can either power the city or destroy it.
How it is aimed matters.
Imagine reading...
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âThe study of close-up magic is a good introduction to misdirection. Misdirection takes advantage of the limits of the human mind in order to give the wrong picture and memory. The mind can concentrate on only one thing at a time. The magician uses this to manipulate the ‘victimâs’ idea of how the world...
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This post’s focus is on leveraged traders and funds. In my view there is compelling evidence that the Berserker community has liquidated en masse and exists in recent memory only. Although checks are being sent out to “investors” to dispose of, there are few if any signs that meaningful leverage is being employed at...
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Some of Pretzel’s Unique Real-Life Experiences
This was at the request of a reader. At several points in my life, I have started, and then never finished, various books. This one contains some accounts of my somewhat unusual childhood life experiences. At some point...
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