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From Rocket Ship to Roller Coaster

Investing Caffeine

Math Matters. I did okay in school and was educated on many different topics, including the basic principle that math matters. Many people have short memories and forget the Fed hiked interest rates 10 times from the end of 2015 through 2018. Source: Calafia Beach Pundit.

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Going for Broke

The Better Letter

This math explains why we shouldn’t be surprised when the market remains “irrational” far longer than seems possible. However, as Mandelbrot is careful to emphasize, it is empty hubris to think that we can somehow master market volatility. In 2015, residents in Woodland, N.C. But we are.

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