Mandi

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Steve Johnson – The Intelligent Investor

I went to the ANZ E-Trade Cocktail event to see Steve Johnson from the Intelligent Investor (www.intelligentinvestor.com.au) speak. To be honest it went totally above my head. I had no clue what on earth he was talking about. Afterwards I had a little chat with him and it turned out that he had no clue …

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Test Your Mental Sharpness

Check out those 10 brainteasers to test your mental sharpness that I have found in an Forbes Magazine article. 1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name? 2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and …

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How it all unfolded

Following on from the June 4 newsletter, let’s have a look how the double top unfolded in the Dow and the XJO: Dow eventually found support at the 61.8% fib retracement  at 12000 ish                                           …

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What do Galileo and Aristoteles Have To Do With The Quality Of Your Trading Decisions?

I just read an interesting article on http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/brain-experiments-why-we-dont-believe-science.html#ixzz1z5kOiuCU. Here is an excerpt: “In a 2003 study, Kevin Dunbar, a psychologist at the University of Maryland, showed undergraduates a few short videos of two different-sized balls falling. The first clip showed the two balls falling at the same rate. The second clip showed the larger ball falling at …

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How much is $1 Mill in Seconds?

Thanks to my Gold Trader friend Michael for the link..