Tag Archives: humor
The carry trade — almost wordless
The idea Borrow in a currency with low interest rates, lend in a currency with high interest rates. The image Photo by Patti via stock.xchng The question Am I wrong? Subscribe to the Portfolio Probe blog by Email
Solve your R problems
download ‘The R Inferno’ Update While it is still not for sale at a website near you, it is also for sale at a website near you: Buy The R Inferno Epilogue I’m not a lawyer, but here is my understanding of the rules should you want to extract images from this page: Most … Continue reading
Posted in almost wordless, R language
Tagged humor, R abnormalities, R absurdities, R anomalies, R oddities, R peculiarities, R quirks, R trouble spots, The R Inferno
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The standards of pundits
From Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: Hat tip to This is the Green Room Subscribe to the Portfolio Probe blog by Email
A field guide to market participants
Fundamental Hawk (perusii balancesheetus) Very discriminating in diet. Often seen scratching in the undergrowth. Subsists on irrationality, short-lived variety only. Macro Harrier (exsanguinus economicus) Flies very high. Reports of bombardier behavior (unsubstantiated). Common Quant (quantus quantus) Flies backwards looking in mirror. Seldom seen without a factor model. High Frequency Quant (quantus nanosecondii) Flies backwards really, … Continue reading
Boris The Banker explains efficient markets
Amy Anyone: What is EMH? Boris The Banker: That’s the Efficient Market Hypothesis, or sometimes the Efficient Markets Hypothesis. Amy: What’s that? Boris: It says that all available and relevant information has been taken into account in the price of items in the market — a stock market for example. Amy: Does it have any … Continue reading
Posted in Fund management in general
Tagged Boris The Banker, efficient market hypothesis, EMH, humor
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