These Are the Goods
Posted June 10, 2018 by Michael Batnick
Articles
If I had to write one sentence that is true always and everywhere, it would be this: Smart investors did stupid things again today.
By Jason Zweig
Not seeing the irony that history is the study of surprises and changes while using it as a guide to the future.
By Morgan Housel
How did she manage to convince an enormous amount of cool, successful people that she was something she clearly was not?
By Jessica Pressler
The anomaly that broke the camel’s back.
By Corey Hoffstein
It’s either reps or mileage
By Nick Maggiulli
Our intuition hasn’t caught yet caught up to the modern increase in life expectancy
By Tadas Viskanta
New highs are a characteristic of uptrends, not downtrends
By J.C. Parets
Podcasts
If you wait until the evidence is perfect and complete, you’ll never act.
By Malcolm Gladwell
An 18 year old has a 1 in 7 chance of being killed before his mid 30s.
With Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise
All we do is count rings.
With Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose
Did you mix up with Garnett?
With Bill Simmons and Charles Oakley
Books
Now I’m the largest purchaser of lemon juice in the country, Bezos told her.
By Christian Davenport
Bad things tend to happen when we compare our portfolios with others, especially if they possess a lesser IQ and extracted a higher return.
By Me
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