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Math Problems

The Better Letter

The maths are exactly the same. These sorts of math problems are the focus of this week’s TBL. Math Problems As this TBL goes live, just 16 games and one day of the NCAA Tournament are in the books, yet my bracket is a mess. One bracket in 2017 was right through an incredible 39 games. Thanks for reading.

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The Greatest Missed Opportunity of Our Lifetimes

The Big Picture

Treasury Bond (May 19, 2016) Last Call for 50-Year Treasury Bonds (March 16, 2017) Deficit Spending Should Be Counter-Cyclical Not Pro-Cyclical (August 28, 2017) Can We Please Have an Honest Debate About Tax Policy? This is what happens to nations governed by 535 innumerate asshats… Previously : Time for a 50-Year U.S.

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Catastrophizing Debt

The Big Picture

October 2, 2017) Deficit Chicken Hawks vs Ronald Reagan (July 13, 2010) Politics & Investing The post Catastrophizing Debt appeared first on The Big Picture.

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The “Art” of Market Timing

The Big Picture

Previously : The Timing Mistake: Thoughts & Pushback (August 26, 2020) Market Timing for Fun & Profit (August 28, 2020) The Art of Calling a Market Top (October 4, 2017) DOs and DONTs of Market Crashes (January 16, 2016) The Truth About Market Timing (March 13, 2013) Timing the Market? By Jeff Sommer New York Times, Nov.

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What To Do When The Bitcoin Math Doesn't Math

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

First, is the math right based on my numbers? I didn't want to backtest too far back because Bitcoin had massive gains in 2017 and 2020 that might not be repeatable. If we guess just 2 billion people, and that is just a guess, and divide that into the 15.2 How can it solve anyone's problem?

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Assessing Altria and Tobacco Fundamentals Five Years After the Peak

Fortune Financial

It is no coincidence, for example, that the two most recent periods of major tobacco underperformance in the last several decades have been driven largely by a huge compression in multiples, the result of serious litigation (1998 – 2003) and regulatory (2017 – present) challenges.

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The Skew

The Irrelevant Investor

Hendrik Bessembinder An excellent piece from Bloomberg came out over the weekend, The Math Behind Futility , which looks beyond the usual explanations as to why the majority of professional stock pickers fail to keep up with an index. "Even if there weren’t fees and expenses, the odds are you’ll underperform."

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