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2026

2026-08

2026-08-27 — Herbert Dow, the Monopoly Breaker
2026-08-23 — Appreciating The Chair
2026-08-14 — RIP Vic Niederhoffer, by Peter C. Earle
2026-08-13 — Celebration of life, from Duncan Coker
2026-08-12 — Twenty-Seven Years with Victor Niederhoffer, from Laurel Kenner
2026-08-11 — A Polytropic Hero, from Alex Castaldo
2026-08-07 — Victor Niederhoffer, 1943-2026, 1964 Intercollegiate Individual Champion
2026-08-05 — “We lost a giant of modern finance” - Andrew Lo
2026-08-04 — “The preeminent amateur player ever to play the game in the US”
2026-08-03 — UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2026

2026-07

2026-07-30 — Greedyness, from Nils Poertner
2026-07-28 — Default - What Default? USDINR, from Stefan Jovanovich
2026-07-27 — World Cup Soccer, from Zubin Al Genubi
2026-07-21 — The latest from Dr. Earle
2026-07-18 — Robert Parker’s 100-point wine rating system, from Nils Poertner
2026-07-13 — Turing test, from Zubin Al Genubi
2026-07-08 — They are history’s geniuses. But were they any good at investing?, from Asindu Drileba
2026-07-04 — The American Revolution Redefined Freedom Itself, by Peter C. Earle
2026-07-04 — Holiday Ideas for Americans, from U. S. Humbert
2026-07-03 — The Cost of Chasing Zero, from V. Humbert
2026-07-02 — Best Patrick O’Brian entry point?, Asindu Drileba

2026-06

2026-06-30 — Money and the Meaning of Life, from Humbert P.
2026-06-24 — World’s First Net-Worth Trillionaire Shows Us How Markets Price the Future, by Dr. Peter Earle
2026-06-22 — The Lost World of the Kalahari, from Nils Poertner
2026-06-19 — Orange Is the New Green, from Humbert Z.
2026-06-17 — The best intuition for convexity, from Asindu Drileba
2026-06-14 — Where in the world is Aubrey Niederhoffer?
2026-06-12 — Jane Street AI training data center, from Humbert X.
2026-06-10 — Dr. Peter Earle: Can Stock Indexes Afford to Ignore SpaceX?
2026-06-09 — Rule of 16, from Zubin Al Genubi
2026-06-07 — Opinion - After the Crude Premium: Pricing the Product Shock, from Humbert Z.
2026-06-04 — Cy Young’s Rules, from Stefan Jovanovich
2026-06-02 — Food prices in UK (or Europe), from Nils Poertner
2026-06-01 — Book reccy, from Zubin Al Genubi

2026-05

2026-05-30 — Opinion: Global LNG After Ras Laffan, from Humbert X.
2026-05-28 — List member Duncan Coker’s music
2026-05-26 — A deck of cards, from Jeff Watson
2026-05-23 — Sentiment, from Steve Ellison
2026-05-19 — Dr. Pete Earle provides an Austrian view of the AI buildout
2026-05-16 — A dream group
2026-05-14 — Study of Deception, from Sushil Kedia
2026-05-11 — ChatGPT moment for robotics?, from Humbert Q.
2026-05-10 — A tug-of-war within America’s deregulated power markets, from Humbert X.
2026-05-07 — Consumer sentiment, from Steve Ellison
2026-05-05 — The Strategy of Conflict, from Nils Poertner
2026-05-04 — Longtime List member Will Weaver on edges, from Steve Ellison

2026-04

2026-04-28 — How to account on the principle of ever changing cycles?, from Asindu Drileba
2026-04-27 — More on Sun Tzu, from Stefan Jovanovich
2026-04-23 — The Art of War by Sun Tzu, from Q. Humbert (Updated)
2026-04-21 — Ellen Langer experiment, from Q. Humbert
2026-04-20 — Podcast series on Trafalgar, from Big Al
2026-04-18 — How Costly Is Permitting in Housing Development?, from Humbert Z.
2026-04-17 — What made America great, from Larry Williams
2026-04-16 — What can’t happen, from Steve Ellison
2026-04-14 — Two new trends, from X. Humbert
2026-04-12 — The “attention economy”, from D. Humbert
2026-04-08 — What would a custom CPI look like?, from Asindu Drileba
2026-04-05 — Thinking Sideways, from Nils Poertner
2026-04-03 — Continued VFR into IMC, from Humbert B.

2026-03

2026-03-30 — Delmonico’s memories, from Steve Ellison
2026-03-29 — Women, men, and change, from Humbert X.
2026-03-27 — Self-importance in trading, from Nils Poertner
2026-03-26 — AI use by firms, from B. Humbert
2026-03-24 — Nobody asked me, but…
2026-03-22 — Specs in other disciplines, Nils Poertner
2026-03-19 — Requiem for a permabear, from Steve Ellison
2026-03-18 — More on intuition, from Denise K. Shull
2026-03-17 — T35 & Political Aggression In the Middle East, from Asindu Drileba
2026-03-16 — Soundness, Trust, and the Real Case Against Fiat Money, by Peter C. Earle
2026-03-15 — Keith Jarrett, from Nils Poertner
2026-03-12 — Pigeons in espionage, from Humbert X.
2026-03-09 — Rates vs inflation, Larry Williams
2026-03-08 — Albert Einstein said, from Zubin Al Genubi
2026-03-04 — Data Center Capex – The Constraint Trade, from Carder Dimitroff
2026-03-03 — Polymarket Fed Decisions and SPY Arbitrage, from Asindu Drileba

2026-02

2026-02-28 — Gold, from Peter C. Earle
2026-02-26 — Statistics in astronomy: John Michell, from Humbert X.
2026-02-23 — Book recommendation for Chair Vic, from Zubin Al Genubi
2026-02-18 — Vol in percent versus dollars, from Zubin Al Genubi
2026-02-15 — 6950, from Ani Sachdev [Updated]
2026-02-11 — New Fed Chair Not So Bearish, from Jeffrey Hirsch
2026-02-10 — Stops, from Zubin Al Genubi
2026-02-08 — CIO predicts 2026, too
2026-02-07 — Filming Electrons at 1 Quadrillion FPS, from Jeff Watson
2026-02-05 — Gaming tournament going on between AI versions, from Big Al
2026-02-05 — 6 new lows, from Zubin Al Genubi
2026-02-04 — 2026 Bullish Confirmation, from Larry Williams
2026-02-03 — The Autobiography of Mark Twain
2026-02-02 — Dollar Weakens as Markets Reprice US Political Risk, from Peter C. Earle
2026-02-01 — Does January predict the next 11 months?, from Big Al

2026-01

2026-01-31 — A strange glut of silver, from Laurel Kenner
2026-01-30 — Another volatility measure, from Zubin Al Genubi
2026-01-29 — Tycoons, artisans, and interchangeable parts
2026-01-28 — Triage in medicine, from Nils Poertner
2026-01-27 — Ralph Vince’s latest, from Larry Williams
2026-01-26 — Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
2026-01-25 — The Chair’s quest, from Peter Ringel
2026-01-24 — Rise and fall of Charles Schwab
2026-01-23 — Alternative to value at risk
2026-01-22 — The Engineering Rules that Trade, Stefan Jovanovich
2026-01-21 — US Stock Mkt Value as pc of GDP (US), from Humbert X.
2026-01-20 — Books read over the weekend
2026-01-19 — Memorializing revered persons
2026-01-19 — Audiobooks, 2025
2026-01-18 — Whenever I listen to Gilbert and Sullivan
2026-01-18 — Traders and Art/Music, from N. Humbert
2026-01-16 — Tacit knowledge, life lessons, and roast beef
2026-01-15 — Boids, from Asindu Drileba
2026-01-14 — Manipulation, from Humbert X.
2026-01-13 — The love of royalty
2026-01-13 — An attempt by the disbelievers
2026-01-12 — Zugzwang, from Zubin Al Genubi
2026-01-12 — Contest for the best study of rounds
2026-01-11 — Movie Recommendations for Specs, from Asindu Drileba
2026-01-11 — Counting, on the expressway
2026-01-10 — Original music from Duncan Coker
2026-01-09 — Verdi on markets
2026-01-08 — Relevant animal behavior study, from Big Al
2026-01-07 — News, from Duncan Coker
2026-01-06 — Markets from networks
2026-01-06 — Leather jacket indicator, from Cagdas Tuna
2026-01-05 — Oil, from Cagdas Tuna
2026-01-05 — Markets approve
2026-01-04 — Natural Gas, from Nils Poertner [Update]
2026-01-03 — Fund manager’s bizarre apology video, from Jeff Watson
2026-01-01 — A great book to start the New Year