Tuesday, 28 April 2020

The Null and Void Line 1947

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My recent post on sports being interrupted by unexpected events , often weather related, omitted one football season in England which was ex...
Friday, 24 April 2020

Breaking Momentum

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Back in 2010, I wrote about trading the NBA that : The thing about runs is that they come to an end. Typically a coach will call a timeout...
Thursday, 23 April 2020

Flaw in the Fifth Column

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A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I had just started reading Ben Cohen's 'The Hot Hand'. I rather wish I hadn't, altho...
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Tuesday, 21 April 2020

Sports: Suspended, Delayed, Abandoned

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The current situation regarding the suspension of so many sports at the same time is unique. While the scope of previous interruptions is ...
Sunday, 19 April 2020

Learn First, Trade Last

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Those of you whose interest in trading extends beyond sports to the more traditional financial markets, will be aware that several companies...

No Immunity, Even in the West

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Thank you to everyone who took a moment to send condolences during the past week, especially to those who went a step further and sent a per...
Tuesday, 14 April 2020

Blog Adjourned

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This blog will be taking a break. My Mum passed away last night, age 91 in her sleep at the home she has lived in for 64 years. Beryl ...
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Thursday, 9 April 2020

The Hot Hand

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As I write this post, markets in both the UK and the USA are continuing to have a strong week with the S&P 500 almost 28% up from it...
Wednesday, 1 April 2020

Time Slowed

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While the dates of 29th June to 12th July might seem a long way off, there will be no Wimbledon this year suggesting the shutdown still has ...
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Sunday, 29 March 2020

Cake or Death?

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That poverty, stress and bad lifestyles cause death isn't in question, although the timeline is usually measured in decades rather than ...
Thursday, 26 March 2020

Opening Day - Postponed

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Today should have been Opening Day for Major League Baseball. I should have been watching my wife's home town team play the Colorado R...
Monday, 23 March 2020

Glorious Twelfth

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This blog has now been active for a full 12 years, after debuting in March 2008 with this opening post .  My usual anniversary joke  can b...
Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Roxy, Thank You and ICU

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That "Roxy" Roxborough is an intelligent man is clear from his pinned Tweet which states: Four words to better health: Eat Less...
Sunday, 15 March 2020

Crisis Reaction and Sports Investing

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I wasn't expecting a Sky News segment about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, (you may have heard of it), to trigger a blog post, but th...
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Friday, 13 March 2020

PGA - Playing Golf Abandoned

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Although stock market futures for Friday the 13th have just turned green, the possibility that all the gains since the 2016 US election of...