Sunday, 30 August 2009

Nerdy Anorak Elo Stuff

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The football Elo ratings are starting to settle down. I have three numbers that I am using. The Elo rating, the current form rating, and th...
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Saturday, 29 August 2009

Headache

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Well, what a headache I have! I came back from Italy on Saturday evening from Monza where, as you can see from the picture of me on my warm...
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Friday, 28 August 2009

Benitez Fired! You Bet

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From that trustworthy source of news, the Sun, there was this story: Rafa Benitez and Franck Ribery have been dragged innocently into a b...
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Swop Confidentialities

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A week ago, I posted an article from the Wall Street Journal on baseball betting. Baseball is a game where the top teams rarely win more th...
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Chocolate Teapot

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Rather mysteriously, the unanimously negative-in-tone threads relating to Adam Heathcote’s aforementioned New Exchange Secrets venture were...
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Sunday, 23 August 2009

Betfair Flotation Talks

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Betfair ponders £1.5bn flotation after shareholders call in bankers for talks Betfair could be in line for a £1.5bn flotation after share...
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Kansas City Chiefs, Royals And Wizards

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In the whole scheme of things, it's a very small thing, but when bloggers or posters on the forum call Kansas City teams simply 'Ka...
Saturday, 22 August 2009

Creatures Of Habit

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Nothing to do with investing, but I found this story which amused me: If you've always wondered where your cat goes when he disappear...
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And Smith Must Score!

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I occasionally have a pre-game punt on football, and let it go in-running until I can lay it off at a fair price. What a difference this ma...
Friday, 21 August 2009

Compounding

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Continuing with the theme from yesterday of the overlap between Stock Exchange investing and Betting Exchange investing, the importance of ...
Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Wall Street Baseball

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Sports investing isn't the only kind of investing I am interested in. I follow the stock market as well, although the level of my inter...
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Taxi Driver Syndrome

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The relationship between psychology and investing (gambling) is a fascinating subject and an interesting post on the Betfair forum today (f...
Monday, 17 August 2009

Sticks And Stones

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Well, my piece on Saturday night certainly attracted some attention. The gist of the post was that I had some concerns about a new 'adv...
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Sunday, 16 August 2009

The Ghost (Goals) Of Seasons Past

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Less than a year ago, officials in a Championship made one of the worst decisions in the history of football. I wrote this piece following ...
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Looooong Sales Pitch

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Ever since finding Adam Heathcote's blog, I have harboured serious doubts about the veracity of his postings. The saying " if some...
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Saturday, 15 August 2009

Premier League Opening Day

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As probably everyone reading this knows, the Premier League season returns today. When I was a kid, the off-season lasted for ever. Now it ...
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Thursday, 13 August 2009

Games, Sports, Wastes Of Time

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So golf is being reinstated as an Olympic game. The top 15 players in the world will automatically qualify with a starting field of 60. So ...
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Thinking Inside The Box(-Score)

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Not surprisingly, there is no Holy Grail to finding value in football. Just a lot of hard work. Last season, I relied mostly on my CRAP sy...
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Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Lays 11.8.09

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I won’t be investing on any cup games tonight, but the Conference National has a few fixtures worth a look. Leaving alone the games involvin...
Monday, 10 August 2009

Betfair Q & A

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Betfair hosted a Q and A earlier today, and there were some interesting exchanges concerning the Premium Charge. The 60 weeks in profit qua...