Thoughts of a mechanical engineer turned programmer turned statistical investor. Here to save you from making mistakes I made at the beginning of my investing career.

Tag: stock market


  • 53% year end musings

    53% year end musings

    I was sick all week, with not much drive to do anything, so I found myself with some time to pass in the evenings after the girls went to sleep before I went to pass out myself. I admit I’ve been having a bit of trouble holding my strategy in the last few months, with

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  • Weekly summary and portfolio review

    Weekly summary and portfolio review

    How do you summarize the week that just on Friday the nasdaq went down 4.2%, the VIX went up 7% ending above 33$, and where my portfolio lost 28,700$ in value? It was a hard week. In fact, in the last 2 weeks my portfolio went from 531k to 490k, so down 41k, or ~8%.

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