These Are the Goods

Articles Beliefs formed on insufficient evidence seem tough to move By Jesse Frederik and Maurits Martijn For more than a century, the advertising industry has been a stable 1.25% of total GDP. By Matthew Ball The idea that advantage has a shelf life is a fundamental part of growth By Morgan Housel The rhetorical style…

Animal Spirits Talk Your Book: The Man Who Solved the Markets

“I don’t know why planets orbit the sun,” Simons told a colleague, suggesting one needn’t spend too much time figuring out why the market’s patterns existed. “That doesn’t mean I can’t predict them.” On today’s show we discuss: –The Man Who Solved the Market -Medallion’s OddStats -How Simons built the greatest money making machine of…