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The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate hut at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups—Henry Hazlitt

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Sunday, July 03, 2016

The Myth of Stock Market Electoral Honeymoons‏

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Pls don’t fall for claims that post Presidential election returns will mechanically be positive. New administrations do not signify as fr...

Thursday, September 24, 2015

The Fallacy of the Real Estate Sales Pitch "Buy Land — They’re Not Making Any More"

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Back in the pre Asian Crisis boom during the mid 90s when I was a practicing licensed real broker, the common sales pitch by my contemporar...

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Quote of the Day: The Illusion of Stock-Picking Skill

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Professional investors, including fund managers, fail a basic test of skill: persistent achievement. The diagnostic for the existence of a...

Monday, August 20, 2012

Phisix: Choosing The Ideology behind Profitable Actions

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We have been trained to look for godliness, virtue, direction, and truth outside ourselves, in some agency external to ourselves. Such belie...

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Brain Damage and Better Investment Decisions

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Jason Zweig in his latest article at the Wall Street Journal cites a study which suggests that people with brain damage are likely to make ...

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