A Weekender... what? Well, it is the last weekend day of the year. That means you're in for a treat: a recap of some of the best DQYDJ posts of this year. Perfect for … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving! Let’s Talk Turkey.
In 2016, the venerable turkey (perhaps more accurately currently, vulnerable turkey) clocked in at an average of 30.684 pounds. That's right - according to data from the … [Read more...]
Clustering Illusion and Anchoring to Outliers
This is part of a series on cognitive biases. Click to read more about how bad humans are at reading and understanding We are all incentivized to recognize patterns. If … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 7/8/2017
What's up folks! How's your summer weekend going? High 90s here (in Freedom Units). First up: our friend Nelson at Financial Uproar updated the stock picking … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 6/17/2017
Happy Father's Day everyone! Links We Liked Priceonomics had a nice post estimating how much people are pulling in from the so-called 'gig economy'. Amazon is … [Read more...]
Anchoring and Adjusting to Numbers
Anchoring or the Anchoring Bias is the human tendency to evaluate or "anchor" numbers based on their presentation. Observers and participants will usually be swayed by … [Read more...]
Imposter Syndrome: Does This Article Even Belong Here?
Imposter Syndrome - or the Imposter Phenomenon - is a feeling of intellectual self-doubt where people fear exposure as a "fraud". In the face of (often overwhelming) … [Read more...]
7 Tricks and Cognitive Biases to Fool Your Audience!
We all make mistakes. We all hold false opinions. And we all perform mental gymnastics to hold onto false facts and reject true facts. Why does this happen? (Sorry for … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 5/14/2017
We lost my grandfather last week - a great man and a true original. He had unfortunately been battling a strange blood disorder for quite some time. My grandfather … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 5/7/2017
That's our way of announcing I updated our main datasets on the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and 10-Year constan maturity treasuries. There are about 15 calculators … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 4/29/2017
Well, it's certainly been a while since the last Weekender, hasn't it? I make no promises, but of course the Weekenders will continue if the mood is right! For the … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 3/18/2017
Haven't done a Weekender for a while, have I? Sorry about that - a comedy of errors over here at home base plus the young one have made it difficult. But c'mon, you … [Read more...]