It was all going so well. Until my MacBook began experiencing memory issues. At around the 20 minute mark (which is close to the end), I lost some video explaining the use of the density plot auto-creation super-wizard function. The good news is that i...

The following screencast demonstrates the use of R, the quantmod R package and bash to process SPX data from 1950. An explanation on how to access a git repository that includes the plots and the R console history is also provided. This screencast prod...

This is a brain teaser. You've been warned.The S&P 500 is in a bear market (defined as the 50-day MA being below the 200-day MA) 30.8% of the time. Also, the S&P 500 has experienced single-day 4% declines 0.242% of the time. Of the times we exp...

I bought a lottery ticket yesterday. I hardly ever buy them. The last time I did I lost a dollar. Actually, every time I've bought a ticket I've lost.  Yesterday I was at the local gas station in line behind a bloke who had a comprehensive folder ...