Friday, 29 May 2020

The States of Swing

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As long time readers of this blog will know, I burned my fingers not once, but twice, in 2016 betting on politics, but after four years th...
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Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Lockdown Trading

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Yesterday, I mentioned Dr C's plans to go full-time sports trading while unemployed, and from the pages of Yahoo!Finance - occasionally...

NHL Playoff Qualifiers

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The NHL has announced its plan for returning to play this season, although no dates have yet been announced.  The Regular Season has been ...
Tuesday, 26 May 2020

DH in NL Stadiums - Purists Aghast

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Although life is anything but 'normal' right now, the funeral is over and on what would have been my Mum's 92nd birthday, an opp...
Friday, 8 May 2020

Passive Oversight

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Readers of this blog will be familiar with the difference between passive and active investing and my preference for low cost index tracking...
Thursday, 7 May 2020

Dry Lockdown

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With no sports, there's not much to write about these days, but I hope everyone is coping with the current situation and aren't too...
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 ...