Wednesday, 7 August 2024

East v West MNF

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One of the podcasts I listen to on a regular basis on my daily walk is Steven Bartlett's The Diary Of A CEO and his latest episode is a...
Tuesday, 6 August 2024

Just Another Manic Monday

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It was brought to my attention by the ever vigilant Frédéric that the gimmethedog site - an important resource for the Sacred Manuscript...
Friday, 2 August 2024

Bundesliga Lays Restored - Partially

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In my previous blog post announcing the launch of the 2024-25 Sacred Manuscript, I mentioned that the Bundeslayga Systems had been removed. ...
Wednesday, 31 July 2024

Sacred Manuscript 2024-25 v1.0

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My wife hasn't seen much of me for the past few days, but at  75 pages, and containing more than 40 systems, the 2024-25 version of the ...
Saturday, 20 July 2024

Summer Highs

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The knockout stages of both major summer international football tournaments - the 2024 Euros and Copa América - were extremely profitable fo...
Tuesday, 2 July 2024

Drawing Breath

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So far so good for anyone applying the Elimination Match Draw System to the Euro 2024 tournament with two winners from the six games so far ...
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Thursday, 27 June 2024

Splits, Hikes, and NHL 2023

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It would normally be rather concerning that a stock closes at $3283 on a Tuesday and opens at around $64 the next day, but the long anticipa...
Monday, 24 June 2024

Lost Bloggers Found

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One of the blogs on my list to follow is Wayward Lad which has been going since 2010. Not quite as long as this one, but in the world of sp...
Friday, 21 June 2024

NBA 2023

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In NHL's Stanley Cup Finals, the Edmonton Oilers have so far survived two elimination games versus the Florida Panthers and trail by jus...
Thursday, 13 June 2024

The Graduate

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Of the 156 NBA teams that have trailed a best-of-7 series 0:3, and not a single one has been able to rally and win four straight. After last...
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Friday, 7 June 2024

Transitions, Bitcoin, Errors, Euros and Copas

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Time flies, and even faster in retirement than before it seems. The early retirement days have been taken up with a few administrative tasks...
Monday, 13 May 2024

New Chapter, Mindset, Addiction and Target

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It's been a while, with the world being denied a post here for a full calendar month for the first time in more than 16 years. I ended m...
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Thursday, 28 March 2024

Daniel Kahneman RIP

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I've often mentioned here the importance of psychology in investing, and probably the top expert in "the field of psychology of jud...
Saturday, 23 March 2024

Towel Throwing

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Back in November, I mentioned a fairly well known tipster who, during a poor run of results, suggested that increasing stakes might be a go...
Friday, 22 March 2024

16 Down

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This blog is now into its 17th year, and not too many sports investing blogs can claim this longevity.  Matekus' Sports Trader blog has...
Thursday, 21 March 2024

Seoul Split

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Major League Baseball is back, sort of, with a couple of games this week in South Korea before the season starts for real next Thursday with...
Wednesday, 20 March 2024

39 Months of Imminency

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On September 21st, 2020, I bought some stock in a company called Chipotle Mexican Grill at a little under $2,000 per share ($1,196.45 to be ...
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Tuesday, 19 March 2024

For Only Metal, What a Bore

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I also took a further look at how Big 6 matchups played out when the teams meet in the late stages of domestic cups (FA Cup Quarter-Finals, ...