Comments for randomfoolishness.com http://randomfoolishness.com random thoughts on random topics for a random world Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:32:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 Comment on Hillary Must be Kicking Herself by Hillary Must be Kicking Herself at Hillary Clinton On Best Political Blogs http://randomfoolishness.com/2008/11/07/hillary-must-be-kicking-herself/#comment-93 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:27:41 +0000 http://randomfoolishness.com/2008/11/07/hillary-must-be-kicking-herself/#comment-93 [...] Hillary Must be Kicking Herself …were too many obstacles to overcome.  The person, though, that must be the most bummed is Hillary Clinton.  But for one basic strategic… [...] […] Hillary Must be Kicking Herself …were too many obstacles to overcome.  The person, though, that must be the most bummed is Hillary Clinton.  But for one basic strategic… […]

]]> Comment on Hillary Must be Kicking Herself by George Bush On Best Political Blogs » Hillary Must be Kicking Herself http://randomfoolishness.com/2008/11/07/hillary-must-be-kicking-herself/#comment-92 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:49:46 +0000 http://randomfoolishness.com/2008/11/07/hillary-must-be-kicking-herself/#comment-92 [...] Hillary Must be Kicking Herself …lot that he could have done to win.  The wars, the economy, general dislike (hatred?) for George W. Bush among the electorate (who, still… [...] […] Hillary Must be Kicking Herself …lot that he could have done to win.  The wars, the economy, general dislike (hatred?) for George W. Bush among the electorate (who, still… […]

]]> Comment on Bulls, Bears and Colts: Classic Case of Being Fooled by zenith http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/01/22/bulls-bears-and-colts-classic-case-of-being-fooled/#comment-88 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:23:37 +0000 http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/01/22/bulls-bears-and-colts-classic-case-of-being-fooled/#comment-88 As I understand it, nobody seriously believes there is any real correlation between the superbowl and the stock market behaviour - it is meant sarcastically. As I understand it, nobody seriously believes there is any real correlation between the superbowl and the stock market behaviour - it is meant sarcastically.

]]> Comment on The New Rational Voice of Van Halen and the Theatre of the Absurd by the mrs. http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/02/24/the-new-rational-voice-of-van-halen-and-the-theatre-of-the-absurd/#comment-19 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:15:17 +0000 http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/02/24/the-new-rational-voice-of-van-halen-and-the-theatre-of-the-absurd/#comment-19 Yeah, you're on your own for that show. I know my standards are low, but not that low. Yeah, you’re on your own for that show. I know my standards are low, but not that low.

]]> Comment on Anna Nicole Overload by the mrs. http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/02/19/anna-nicole-overload/#comment-14 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:39:35 +0000 http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/02/19/anna-nicole-overload/#comment-14 Oh, I have moved on the the Brittney train wreck. Oh, I have moved on the the Brittney train wreck.

]]> Comment on Thoughts on Air Travel by Jokes Blog Search » Blog Archive » Thoughts on Air Travel http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/02/18/thoughts-on-air-travel/#comment-13 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:06:31 +0000 http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/02/18/thoughts-on-air-travel/#comment-13 [...] read more… [...] […] read more… […]

]]> Comment on A Sad Ending to a Great Season by tinkleflick.com » Blog Archive » January Album Released; Tinkleflick in Mourning Over Bears Loss http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/02/04/a-sad-ending-to-a-great-season/#comment-8 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:14:02 +0000 http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/02/04/a-sad-ending-to-a-great-season/#comment-8 [...] January was a busy month of birthday celebrations and NFL games.  This year, the Bears actually had a very good (if inconsistent) season ending in a disappointing loss in the Super Bowl.  Nonetheless, we snapped our fair share of pictures while we celebrated Noah’s transition into life as a four-year-old.  The Bears flag will still fly proudly in front of Tinkleflick world headquarters and you can click here to see the January photo album.  Oh, and by the way, anyone who might be interested in Ralph’s anual Super Bowl review, you can read it here on his new blog (but follow this link at your own risk–Ralph doesn’t hold back any opinions on his new blog and it is not for everyone). [...] […] January was a busy month of birthday celebrations and NFL games.  This year, the Bears actually had a very good (if inconsistent) season ending in a disappointing loss in the Super Bowl.  Nonetheless, we snapped our fair share of pictures while we celebrated Noah’s transition into life as a four-year-old.  The Bears flag will still fly proudly in front of Tinkleflick world headquarters and you can click here to see the January photo album.  Oh, and by the way, anyone who might be interested in Ralph’s anual Super Bowl review, you can read it here on his new blog (but follow this link at your own risk–Ralph doesn’t hold back any opinions on his new blog and it is not for everyone). […]

]]> Comment on Quants and the Black Swan by coxy http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/01/23/quants-and-the-black-swan/#comment-7 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:52:37 +0000 http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/01/23/quants-and-the-black-swan/#comment-7 Although I loved Moneyball, I can't quite say I got anything from Fooled by Randomness. First of all I was really turned off by his cockiness. He is extremely pretentious in not only his writing, but in how he describes his trading style. Second of all, I did not learn anything new. Yes, I understand that the stock market is random and traders and active money managers typically falsely believe their ability to beat the market. When they do beat the market, its skill, when they dont its the markets fault. I think that is pretty well known - sorry to you out there who invest in mutual funds and are unaware of this. I work for a start up 130-30 quant hedge fund, and as so, I was hoping there would be an argument pro or against quant investing in discovering an underlying order to the madness of the markets. I don't recall him addressing the issue too overtly, or taking one side or the other. Yes he alluded to LTCM's bust, but didn't really expound on his opinion of quant investing as a whole. All in all, the author bragged about his ability to stay conservative and not get caught up in the randomness of the stock market. But his pretentious writing style and lack of info made the book boring and uninformative. Don't know how people saw this book as revolutionary. Although I loved Moneyball, I can’t quite say I got anything from Fooled by Randomness. First of all I was really turned off by his cockiness. He is extremely pretentious in not only his writing, but in how he describes his trading style. Second of all, I did not learn anything new. Yes, I understand that the stock market is random and traders and active money managers typically falsely believe their ability to beat the market. When they do beat the market, its skill, when they dont its the markets fault. I think that is pretty well known - sorry to you out there who invest in mutual funds and are unaware of this.

I work for a start up 130-30 quant hedge fund, and as so, I was hoping there would be an argument pro or against quant investing in discovering an underlying order to the madness of the markets. I don’t recall him addressing the issue too overtly, or taking one side or the other. Yes he alluded to LTCM’s bust, but didn’t really expound on his opinion of quant investing as a whole.

All in all, the author bragged about his ability to stay conservative and not get caught up in the randomness of the stock market. But his pretentious writing style and lack of info made the book boring and uninformative. Don’t know how people saw this book as revolutionary.

]]> Comment on Obamamania by randomfool http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/01/16/obamamania/#comment-6 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:02:34 +0000 http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/01/16/obamamania/#comment-6 I guess I missed the major announcement today that Obama is forming an exploratory committee. Big surprise. An interesting article on Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post describes how Obama's announcements affects the landscape and news coverage for the next few weeks. <a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/mt/mtb.cgi/14436" rel="nofollow">Click here to read it</a> I guess I missed the major announcement today that Obama is forming an exploratory committee. Big surprise. An interesting article on Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post describes how Obama’s announcements affects the landscape and news coverage for the next few weeks. Click here to read it

]]> Comment on The Urge to Surge by Obamamania - randomfoolishness.com http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/01/10/the-urge-to-surge/#comment-5 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:40:28 +0000 http://randomfoolishness.com/2007/01/10/the-urge-to-surge/#comment-5 [...] Barak Obama is getting some ridiculous press lately.  I hear his name all the time and until recently, I had never even heard him speak.  All I knew was that he was a newly elected senator from Illinois and that just about everyone seems to think that he has a shot at being the president.  All for a guy that, I would imagine, nobody outside of the political junkies had ever even heard of until recently (although I guess you could have said that about Slick Willy in 1992 also).  Anyway, in the last few weeks I have heard Obama speak once as a guest on Larry King Live after the “surge speech” (read my comments to that here).  And, this week, I heard him in a replayed interview on Larry Mantel’s AirTalk on KPCC (KPCC archives AirTalk on its website in the event that you are interested in the interview).  [...] […] Barak Obama is getting some ridiculous press lately.  I hear his name all the time and until recently, I had never even heard him speak.  All I knew was that he was a newly elected senator from Illinois and that just about everyone seems to think that he has a shot at being the president.  All for a guy that, I would imagine, nobody outside of the political junkies had ever even heard of until recently (although I guess you could have said that about Slick Willy in 1992 also).  Anyway, in the last few weeks I have heard Obama speak once as a guest on Larry King Live after the “surge speech” (read my comments to that here).  And, this week, I heard him in a replayed interview on Larry Mantel’s AirTalk on KPCC (KPCC archives AirTalk on its website in the event that you are interested in the interview).  […]

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