Monthly Archives: December 2016

One Thing I Learned in 2016

By | December 26, 2016

Abandon hope all ye who enter here – Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy In 2014 I read an article by Andreas Clenow, Why managing your own money is a bad trade, that resonated with me because it elaborated on what I was already pretty much thinking myself. To wit, managing OPM (other people’s money) is… Read More »

Can You Handle The Truth?

By | December 17, 2016

Jack Nicholson: You want answers? Tom Cruise: I think I’m entitled to them Jack Nicholson: You want answers? Tom Cruise: I want the truth! Jack Nicholson: You can’t handle the truth! – from the movie A Few Good Men (1992) So what’s the truth that a lot of wannabe traders can’t handle? Actually, there are… Read More »