Financial Musings

Antifragile

Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Taleb’s previous books, such as Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan (although the title for the latter — which is […]

The Signal and the Noise

The Signal and the Noise, Nate Silver Goodreads: Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s […]

Exposure

Exposure, Michael Woodford I remember the day Woodford blew the whistle on Olympus back in 2011.  The announcement made headlines across the world and sent […]

The Complete Turtle Trader

The Complete Turtle Trader, Michael W. Covel I borrowed this book from a friend of mine who also works in finance.  He, like me, has […]

The Wizard Of Lies

The Wizard of Lies, Diana B. Henriques Unless you live in a cave you would have been bombarded by the media coverage of Bernie Madoff’s […]

Bail Out My Student Loan

This really irks me.  I had a bit of a rant in 2008 about the federal government bailing out delinquent home owners (Bail Out My Mortgage) and […]

The Big Short

The Big Short, Michael Lewis I’ve been a fan of Michael Lewis since reading Liar’s Poker when I was studying at Cal a few years […]

Chinese Local Debt

The below is an excerpt from a Credit Suisse report I was glossing over this morning.  What I want to know: how can the world’s […]

The Great Reflation

The Great Reflation, J. Anthony Boeckh This book was recommended to me by a colleage of mine.  Cheesey sub-title aside, it provides an excellent in-depth […]

Commodities and Speculators

An interesting read… “Hard evidence, though, of strong correlations between traders’ positions and price movement is elusive.” Even if there was correlation, I want to […]

Quiet Before The Storm?

Earlier this week the SNB stopped accepting Irish debt, now Portugese…  Are we in a bit of a quiet lull before the perfect storm?

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