Alexander Elder : MMMM

Mind - know yourself
Method - how do you find trades - do you watch Cramer, use a screener?
Money - how do you size positions, how do you exit trades?
Management - "Show me a trader with good records and I'll show you a good trader."

Man! Dr. Alex Elder is such a PITHY GENIUS. I love hearing this guy speak. So what if he has an accent? It doesn't cost a cent.

Anyway, M4 pretty much tells me I suck. More than 10 years ago, I read Bill O'Neil who said to keep records - keep charts on which you mark where you got in and where you got out so you can learn from your mistakes. Elder adds "and your successes." No excuse there for me - I credit myself with doing my homework. I guess I suck after all.

Like someone answered a dude on Quora who asked about why he didn't get a job after x interviews - the first thing to realize is - it's you... That's a hard truth. What thing about yourself can you enhance today to make yourself more interesting and competitive?

Valeant and S&P's Jeffrey Loo : What a Surprise!

Jeff's been lowering his price target along with the market - who could have seen that one coming.

Best part - he still screams BUY! Kind of like Jim Cramer going on talk shows and telling people to buy Bear Stearns.

Ray Dalio's Treasure Trove

Teenagers should be horse-whipped and made to read these - and Buffet's letters of course :

http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManager/Principles/Bridgewater-Associates-Ray-Dalio-Principles.pdf

And also :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0

Understanding the economy :

Productivity growth; Short-term debt cycle; Long-term debt cycle.

Super man!

1. Don't allow debt to rise faster than income.
2. Don't allow income to rise faster than productivity - this one can be used - you should always come across as being capable of contributing more than they're going to pay you :)
3. Do all you can to boost productivity - yes this one also you can use personally - you want to be able to get your work done as fast as you can - and if you run out of work, they have to pay you more because you're contributing more.

I know, I'm doomed to be a working class man :)

What Would Genrich Do?

Here's a contradiction Mr. Altschuler :

You want your pixel to be as sensitive as possible - when it gets electrons, you want it to generate as big of a voltage as possible so you overpower the noise of the readout circuitry as much as possible.

Problem : the more signal voltage you get per electron, the faster you're using up the available range that that node provides the voltage due to headroom limitations. So, you're losing dynamic range.

What's a brother to do? No wonder TI has no use for Joyce anymore.