
Recent Blog PostsI saws EJ's analysis today of the gold action. I thought it was pretty good. Using my (admittedly not too accurate model), I tried to project a bottom for this year. This is my % deviation model:...
05-09-12 07:19 AMI got my first job in systems administration back in 1996. I was a near total flub. Many would say I still am, but at the time having a background in basic UNIX was enough to get you a job and work...
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Recent Forum Postsej has said explicitly that the period from about '96 to '09 was much easier to predict than what is happening or about to happen now. he ascribed this difficulty to the large effect of varying...
jk Today, 11:57 AM
Trust me - you're not. My wife teaches Fourth Grade and I know these things. And I value your regression charts and other input very much.
Raz Today, 11:55 AM
Speaking as someone who struggles with long division, I think you're both brilliant!
shiny! Today, 11:46 AM
When power goes out, gasoline pumps stop working. You can only go so far on a tank of gas.
If the worst-case scenario envisioned about the transformers comes true, it won't blow over in a short...
Why are there so many differing perspectives of what's going on with the economy?
All these "smart" guys disagree. For example, Krugman, Mish and Hudson come to very different solutions and...

volatility of gold prices
A few months ago we met with an accountant to do taxes. He told us not to buy gold because it is too volatile. I wanted to say "No it isn't!", but I didn't know how to prove it. I researched the...
05-07-12 05:34 PM