Glory Road
Some interesting insights into the desertion problems for both North and South.
Disable jScript Intellisense
From the Visual Studio menu select:
Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> JScript
Then uncheck Auto List Members and Parameter Information.
Also, uncheck options under Miscellaneous – Show Syntax errors
Wolf Pass
Doesn’t measure up to its potential.
A Visible Darkness
A bit stilted in places, but moves along.
Profitability
How often you are right on a trade is only half of the equation. The other half is how much do you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong. You can remember that with this formula: Probability (odds of it going up or down) x Magnitude (how much it goes up or down) = Profitability.
The Little Sleep
First novel I’ve read with narcolepsy in the leading role.
Dr Fisher de Genève
A bleak and weird tale.
My War Gone By, I Miss It So
Not for the squeamish – brutally honest.
Alexis De Tocqueville
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.
Experience of War
Covers a lot of ground and manages to stay interesting.
Rumpelstiltskin
Even the great McBain chokes up a hairball now and then.
Valley of Fear
Doyle sure liked back story – ok for a rainy day.
Hold Tight
A lot going on in this book. Fast pace.
Think of a Number
A complex and interesting tale. Pretty good for a first novel.
Gone for Good
Pretty entertaining. A bit convoluted in places, but the pace carries it through.
Market Timing
“Market timing is the art of making investment decisions using indicators and strategies to observe and determine the direction of prices. Many believe that market timing involves predicting the future, when in reality, the goal of market timing is to participate in periods of price strength and avoid periods of price weakness.?
http://smartstops.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/in-defense-of-market-timing-a-study-that-will-shock-you/
Exits
“It is the exit and not the entry that determines the outcome
of an investment.”
http://smartstops.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/in-defense-of-market-timing-a-study-that-will-shock-you/
Panzer Battles
Written in the 50’s – some interesting insights, but bogs down in places.
Samuel L. Clemens
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.