a quick review: with a hat tip to Melanie Phillips at Jewish World Review The Mumbai attacks accomplish the following very efficiently: separates Muslims from infidels: Muslims were spared, infidels were slaughtered indiscriminantly no negotiations or demands: sends the message this is war and we dont care targetted India’s center of western commerce and economic […]
Category: Uncertainty
I am not sure what i should put in this category
Systems models for classroom learning
I had an opportunity to spend quality time with Mark Prensky, examining the utility of the educational value of games. He made an excellent point that games designed by teachers to be educational are extremely boring when compared with commercially available educational games. It’s as if our children can sense that the teacher’s games are […]
Keep going!
There is a Moment in every closely contested MMA or judo match when both guys think they are losing and are almost lost. They have taken themselves right to the edge, and they can see what the other guy can do to win. It is not unusual for that moment to happen simultaneously in close matches. […]
How can a trader be short term bullish in such a bear market?
A Reflection on 4 epistemologies (ways of knowing :P )
Distinguish among the 4 types of epistemology that Heron and Reason (Chapter 24) suggest. How will your work encourage multiple ways of knowing beyond just “propositional knowledge”? from The SAGE Handbook of Action Research (2d ed) by Reason and Bradbury (2008). London, SAGE Publications,
A short term trading strategy for chaotic markets
today’s intraday trades in EEV, the double leveraged inverse emerging markets ETF are instructive in the kinds of short term trades that are working in this volatile, chaotic market. That is to say: short time frames, with low risk trades framed in the most volatile indices. I currently favor EEV because it is very volatile […]
Profitable ETF trading strategies: adapting to chaos
When you find yourself in conditions of chaos, you discover that your robust systems are beginning to break down. They no longer perform as designed, simply because the volatility is greater than the system boundaries and feedback mechanisms can account for or moderate. Slack, buffers, filters and boundaries all work to dampen waves of change. […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Understanding regional correllation
Based on our market classification scheme, there are 9 market states derived from 3 price momentum measures combined with 3 volatility measures. There is an important phenomenon related to the Bull-Sideways-Bear market states that can give you both insight into current conditions as well as a decisive market edge in risk management. The edge comes from […]
A Reflection on Organization Development (OD)
Notes from a workshop interview with Dr David Jamieson: An Inquiry into Organizational Development (CTU Workshop Oct 11, 2008) What is Organizational Development? A philosophy about organizations, leadership and change. Also a collection of methods to help orgs manage change effectively that takes into account the human factors Tracing the OD roots. · […]
Short term trading opportunities: the Tortoise mastermind
1. This year should demonstrate the practical value of the Tortoise market classification methodology. The ETF2 “Smart Steps” weekly recommendations combined with the ETF evaluation methodology has offered plenty of warning to protect your portfolio against the ravages of this year’s multiple bears. The assorted specialty reports have identified trends in multiple market sectors that […]