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Established in 2008, this blog is an independent, common sense, look at challenges and opportunities in sports and financial investing, with occasional diversions as my mood takes me. I am not a tipster, nor is this a Profit and Loss report either. They are boring.

Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Multiple Indexes

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The always charming and eloquent Matthew had a comment on the Passive Index v Active Managed stocks debate: Dear Padrino, I have been...
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Monday, 8 September 2014

FTL Update 8.Sep.2014

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With fewer entries than usual due to the top leagues being on an International break, no Monday matches selected, and only four downloads fr...
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Sunday, 7 September 2014

Empirical Evidence Required

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As I had a feeling he might, Prabhat / Emp had a comment on my post about index funds and the improbability of the man in the street beatin...
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Scrape Times

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Joseph Buchdahl of the Football Data web site kindly clarified the question of when the prices for matches are taken, and the answer is tha...

Way Of The Dodo

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Once again, the US Yahoo Finance pages have a post on the topic of indexes and the futility of outsiders trying to beat them long-term wi...
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Saturday, 6 September 2014

Grey Swans And Puddings

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The member who sought clarification on my Official, Unofficial, Conditional selections earlier this week replied to my response, and while I...

Silver Lining

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NBA commissioner Adam Silver believes expanded legalized sports betting in the United States is "inevitable," and the league i...
Thursday, 4 September 2014

Les Paris Conditionnels Et Les Prix Carte Blanche

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A French title for a French themed post. I had an email from a subscriber which touches on the 'bet at any price' topic mentioned...
Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Corrections And Objections

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A change at the top of the table as Jamie A reported an error in his numbers.  A Lay of Monaco was recorded as a loss, but the bet was win...
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Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Stoking The Fire

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First item on the agenda is an apology to Peter Nordsted, and his Drawmaster followers, for my publication of this weekend's selections ...
Saturday, 30 August 2014

FTL Porfolio Strategy

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Skeeve asked via a comment on this post :  What do you think about Steve’s strategy for the Friendly Tipster League?If his strategy isn’t...
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S Club 7 And Clive Dunn

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The Wisdom of the Crowd last week gave us just three winners from the 10 EPL matches, and a 1.54 point loss at Pinnacle Sports' prices...
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I have had a life-long interest in sports and after studying Pure Mathematics with Statistics at secondary school, have been fascinated by odds and probability. The first system I came up with was a simple one - back the favourite and double up after a loss until a winner. Simple enough in theory, and I told my Dad about it. Not being a betting man himself, he ran it by some of his colleagues, and came home to tell me that it wouldn’t work because a long losing run would mean that the bank would be empty. Then there was always the possibility that the winner would be returned at odds-on, meaning that the total returns would not match the outlay. Not what a ten year old wants to hear! Only slightly daunted, I then went on a search for the Holy Grail, the secret to riches that I knew was out there somewhere. Finally in 2004 I stumbled across an article about Betting Exchanges and four years later I was able to make a steady profit.
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