We measure time by the movement of countless suns; and they measure time by little machines in their little pockets. Now tell me, how could we ever meet at the same place and the same time? -Kahlil Gibran I see this debate about getting rid of...

Earlier this week, I joined Barry Ritholtz on his Bloomberg Podcast At The Money to discuss a simple and powerful performance model. I call the model Fitness Alpha and I have discussed it previously in this newsletter. The basic idea goes like this...

Many of you reading this today are familiar with the idea of Seasonality when it comes to the stock market. For those not familiar, markets have seasonal tendencies that often play out but not always. For example, November through January tends to be the...

Mid-November, I like to think about my priorities for the next year and distill them down into a few simple themes.  Doing this helps me focus on the important things so I can make them happen. Sometimes, this takes a lot of thought and strategizing,...

After the election, I put this one out on Twitter, The election is over. If your side won, congrats. If your side lost, you’ll get ‘em next go round. Now it’s time to get back to making life better for you & your people. Back to basics… Move your...

The kids over at Barstool like to say, Saturdays Are For the Boys. Remember that? They watch college football and party their brains out. It’s all sophomoric but it’s a good time. But we’re not sophomores any more. We’re not 20.  So how about, Weekends...

The Brain is deeper than the sea For hold them Blue to Blue The one the other will absorb As sponges Buckets do — Emily Dickinson Next week, I’ll be presenting at Stocktoberfest in Coronado, CA and I wanted to give a preview of the presentation here for...

Last week, I wrote about wisdom and cynicism. TLDR – you can’t have both.  Today, I’m writing about wisdom and time. My friend Brian wrote the book on multiple timeframe technical analysis for traders. Here’s a photo of my copy… The gist is...

The other day, I put this tweet out there, As you age, you either get cynical or wise. I’ve been thinking about wisdom and aging and I noticed that some people grow closer to the most important people in their lives as they grow older, while others...

I tweak this post annually and I think it’s a strong resource for readers. This year, I’m publishing it a little earlier than usual and I think that’s an improvement too, because it gives readers more time to prepare practically and to get their mindset...