Archive for December, 2014

Mistakes of Boredom

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December 31, 2014

Flying back to Los Angeles after Christmas, somewhere over New Mexico, I rediscovered an article written by Ted Lucas of Lattice Strategies in 2011, quoting mathematician and logician Blaise Pascal’s Pensées on the psychological propensity of humans to seek out diversion and action, and the boredom caused by inaction: “Sometimes, when I set to thinking […]

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Glancing Back At 2014

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December 28, 2014

It’s that time of year – calendar year 2014 draws to an end. For one’s trackrecord, there’s particular emphasis on annual calendar year returns. Convention dictates that the annual return period fall between January 1st and December 31st, although there is no particular rhyme or reason behind this convention (e.g., why not April 1st to […]

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