Essays
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Capital Markets
Fractal structure in financial markets. Do capital markets exhibit fractal behavior, and what does that mean? Read about how fractal distributions and unlimited variance affect option prices and portfolio allocation.
Bubbles. Capital markets sometimes have meteoric rises and then fall completely apart. Read about what makes and breaks a bubble.
Money. The concept of money has evolved in parallel with the rest of the economy. But as money has evolved, the nature of money has also changed.
Are stocks the best long term investment? Does the claim that stock market investment are superior to other types of investments have any scientific justification?
Commodities
Oil. An introductory piece about the supply and demand factors that affect the oil industry.
Gold. Gold is the oldest of currencies, but has now become obsolete. Or has it?
Models of the Economy
Making Models of the Economy. An introduction about the Economymodels way to make models of the economy.
Cycles in the Economy. The reason for cyclical behavior in the economy and how to tackle cycles when making models.
Fat tail options. A short mathematical background to option valuation using stable distributions.
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