March 2013

Winston Churchill for Traders and Analysts

Josh here, the below guest post comes to us from Stoic Trader, a nice collection of quotes that can apply to investing from one of history’s most quotable, enjoy! *** Twenty five quotes from Winston Churchill for traders and financial analysts: 1. I love this war. I know it’s smashing and shattering the lives of…

Appearance: CFA Society of Chicago 2013 Conference

I’m really excited to be en route to Chicago today. I’ll be seeing a few clients and prospective clients while in town as well as visiting new and old friends from around the financial and trading community. Tonight I’m grabbing dinner with my pals Tadas Viskanta (Abnormal Returns), Tom Brakke (Research Puzzle) and the blogfather…

This explains almost everything…

Are we addicted to being right? Is being thought of as being right more important to us than actually being right? You tell me… From the Harvard Business Review: In situations of high stress, fear or distrust, the hormone and neurotransmitter cortisol floods the brain. Executive functions that help us with advanced thought processes like…

JPMorgan’s House Product in DealBook

I know several people who work within JPMorgan wealth management group, also called Chase Private Client. They are, for the most part, happy with their jobs and feel that they are doing right by the clients.  I’ve never heard any of them say that they felt pressured by the firm to sell JPMorgan house product,…