Author Archives: anewc2

Faith & Doubt

Posted on 2016 December 10 by anewc2

You have to have both. If you have no faith, you will never shoot for the Moon. If you have no doubt, you will never find out what it takes to get there.

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Top-Down Parsing in Python

Posted on 2016 December 2 by anewc2

http://effbot.org/zone/simple-top-down-parsing.htm

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Who was Machiavelli and why is Florence such a wonderful town?

Posted on 2016 September 18 by anewc2

Machiavelli I – S.P.Q.F. (Begins Machiavelli Series)

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Memory — false and true

Posted on 2016 September 12 by anewc2

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-in-the-brain-when-we-misremember/

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3 meals a day?

Posted on 2016 September 10 by anewc2

http://www.medicaldaily.com/how-3-meals-day-became-rule-and-why-we-should-be-eating-whenever-we-get-hungry-324892 Or not.

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The Fed and black unemployment

Posted on 2016 August 31 by anewc2

I never quite trusted this guy, but I’m all in favor of people who can open their eyes and see what is around them. Fed’s Kashkari is ‘shocked’ that black unemployment isn’t better understood  

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About the “wall of worry”

Posted on 2016 August 29 by anewc2

I notice that Mark Gilbert of Bloomberg, linked by Barry Ritholz, also invokes the wall of worry. Google trends shows more interest in it last decade, not so much any more. Maybe when it starts to become a thing again, … Continue reading →

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The Wall of Worry

Posted on 2016 August 27 by anewc2

As the market bump along near all-time highs, people are spooked. Trump spooks them. Clinton spooks them. Brexit spooks them. China spooks them. The Fed spooks them. Rich P/E’s spook them. There’s plenty of spooks out there. It is the … Continue reading →

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Estimize: crowdsourced earnings estimates

Posted on 2016 August 26 by anewc2

https://www.estimize.com/ Sign up and add your own!

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How can I learn how to read the stock market?

Posted on 2016 August 26 by anewc2

Several widely varying answers, all good, give a broad perspective. Continue reading →

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