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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Trader Testosterone Study

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The actual study is locked up in the vaults of academia, but here’s a few links.
Testosterone Levels Predict City Traders’ Profitability – Science Daily Stock Market Winners Get Big Payoff–In Testosterone – Scientific American Study: Testosterone Fuels Stock-Market Success – Fox News
Since few reporters and bloggers have actually been [...]

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Warren Buffett vs. God

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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Statistical Trading: When to do nothing

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science blog talks about great actors and actresses who always seem to play parts beneath their talents. Similarly, one can dredge up a plethora of companies that make great products and offer excellent services whose stocks fair poorly.
Perhaps the answer is simply poor timing. An actor can only [...]

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The Ever-Changing Market Blog Mission Statement

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

This is not a real mission statement because I hate them. It’s just poking a little fun.
What Market Blog is: Things to read that will have you laughing and learning, instead of losing.
Market Blog is unlike any other financial blog, striving to actually be fun and entertaining.

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Who Gives a Pork Belly!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Rat’s asses were off a point on the WTF Exchange in today’s trading.

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Greenhorn Goes Long Grain

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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Introducing The Heuristical Hedge Fund

Monday, April 21, 2008

The Heuristical Hedge Fund is a new comic about an all too real dysfunctional money management firm.
Meet the characters…
Diamond Jim and his Miracle Fish: eccentric, neurotic, phony, know-nothing, coke head, slickster money manager, turns to his ‘miracle fish’ for advice.
Creepy Call Center Guy: dispenses unsolicited investment advice, Motley Fool fanatic.
The Mad Analyst: the number crunching [...]

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Marketblog.com Goes Live

Sunday, April 20, 2008

I’m Mark Mahorney and I’m getting back into blogging the markets, after having taken a year and a half off. I miss it. Basically, I just want to have fun with a lot of attitude, tongue-in-cheekiness, dry wit, sarcastic humor, needling, and antagonizing.
Don’t ask me where oil prices are going. To hell if I know. [...]

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