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The Good Luck Charm That I Know
I originally thought of writing something about gold, but since today is Chinese New Year, and for the last few days there has been a barrage of talks about “lucky charms” and attracting good luck in this “Year of the Water Snake,” I thought it may be a better idea to talk instead, about good luck and how to attract it. Continue reading
The Top Five Lessons of the Year 2012
There are usually three preoccupations people get busy with as a new year starts to roll: New Year’s Resolutions, New Year predictions or recapitulations of important events/thoughts of year just past. Continue reading
Posted in Impossible Earnings, Insurance, Real Estate Investment, Stock Market
Tagged " Influence of Herds, "The Art of Speculation", Aman Futures scam, Bull-Bear Connection in Boxing, impossible earnings, Influence of Authority, Philip Carret, small losses turning into big, The Black Swan Manny Pacquiao, Variable Universal Life or VUL
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The Black Swan Manny Pacquiao – How Horrendous Distractions Turn Bulls Into Bears
There is no recent sports event that is more over-discussed and over-analyzed than the recent unexpected knockout loss of the Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao. Continue reading
The Discipline of Seeking Value and Sticking to Value
In a much earlier post entitled, “The Eight Habits of Investment Literate People”, we said that investment literate people have compulsion to seek value and stick to value.
Well, this is a very important habit that needs to be internalized by anybody who seeks to be literate in investment. It is actually a discipline that becomes automatic once internalized. Continue reading
Small Loss Turning Into Big – Some Thoughts on the Plagiarism Hullabaloo Involving a Senator
For this post let us revisit an investment principle we elucidated a couple of months ago. The principle is about the need to cut small losses lest they turn into big losses.
Posted in Stock Market
Tagged "The Need to Cut Losses - An Investment Lesson on the Fate of Chief Justice Corona, "turno en contra", investment psychologist Dr. Van K. Tharp, plagiarism hullabaloo, Reproductive Health Bill, Sara Pope, Senator Vicente Sotto III, Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, the need to cut losses
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From Herd Mentality to Independent Thinking
If herd mentality is such a “don’t” in investment, then where do we go from here? How should we really deal with such a situation?
What should be the kind of mentality one should have in investment? If we can’t follow the herd, whom should we follow?
Posted in General, Stock Market
Tagged Benjamin Graham, great Greek orator Demosthenes, herd mentality, independent thinking
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Herd Mentality – The Number One ‘Don’t’ in Investment
There are many “do’s” and “don’ts” in investment. The don’ts of course far outnumber the do’s but that should be the subject of a future post in this blog.
Pacquiao’s 16th Jinx and His Biggest Battleground
You can call me unpatriotic, superstitious or a crackpot, but I strongly felt the certainty of Manny Pacquiao’s loss to Timothy Bradley after I read chronicler Marv Dumon’s revelation of Pacquiao’s “16th jinx,” as mentioned in Recah Trinidad’s PDI 04-12-12 article and in which I, in turn, quoted in my previous post entitled “The Bull-Bear Connection – An Unsolicited Advice to the Black Swan Manny Pacquiao“.
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Tagged "The Art of Speculation", "The Bull-Bear Connection - An Unsolicited Advice to the Black Swan Manny Pacquiao", Bob Arum, Jack Dempsey, James Tunney, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao, Marv Dumon, Pacquiao's 16th Jinx, Philip Carret, the biggest battleground, Timothy Bradley
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The Need to Cut Losses – An Investment Lesson on the Fate of Chief Justice Corona
It ‘s been more than 5 months since I predicted in January that Chief Justice Renato Corona would resign before the end of the impeachment proceedings. That was in my 2012 opening salvo article, “What’s In Store for 2012.”
Well, admittedly, I was wrong. He never resigned and even made a suicidal testimony that sealed his fate at the end.
It was a melodrama far more interesting and worth watching than a telenovela.
There’s an investment lesson in the fate of CJ Corona in all this just-concluded impeachment episode.
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Tagged " "Let your profits run and cut your losses short, " Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, "What's In Store for 2012, Jack D. Schwager, Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders, Statement of Assets Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN), Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, Van K. Tharp PhD.
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The Bull-Bear Connection – An Unsolicited Advice to the Black Swan Manny Pacquiao
There’s a strange connection between the stock market and boxing success.
In the stock market there are bulls and bears; in the realm of boxing or pugilism, there also are bulls and bears. The bulls are those times when a boxer keeps on winning and if ever he loses, he quickly regains the winning touch. The bears come when the boxer loses and appears to have lost the winning touch.