"Video For Trader" Posts
Sandrine Thuret: You Can Grow New Brain Cells. Here’s How
By Lawrence
Trading puts a lot of stress on our brains. Stress hurts our brains. This talk sums up the latest understanding in neuroscience on how to keep our brains healthy. In short, to stay smart one needs to exercise, rest well, eat well and active learning. The extra part about sex … well, I will let […]
Emanuel Derman: There’s Enough Math in Finance Already. What’s Missing is Imagination.
By Lawrence
Mr. Derman delivers a good point in this short video without using math jargons. All these mathematics being used nowadays by the financial institutions are really glamorous excuses to either get clients to deploy their money so that the financial institutions can make money from the transactions, or, to place bets hoping the counter-parties are […]
Julia Rucklidge: The Surprisingly Dramatic Role of Nutrition in Mental Health
By Lawrence
Understand the proper role of drugs in treating mental health – they do help but they are interventional tools only. It is better to focus on better nutrition for not only treating mental health issues but also keeping our minds in peak form for work performance. Many people think that trading is just a matter […]
Robert Shiller: Efficient Markets
By Lawrence
This video is part of the Economics course offered at Yale. A good discussion of performance measures like Sharpe Ratio and the half truth nature of Efficent Markets Hypothesis. This video is about an hour long.
Eduardo Briceno: The Power of Belief – Mindset and Success
By Lawrence
This video tells us the importance of keeping a growth mindset. As traders, we have the responsibility to keep an open mind and adapt to the environment. With a growth mindset, we can stay on top of our game much better with less stress. For those of us with kids, this video reminds us how […]
ASAP Science: Are You Consuming Your Coffee Correctly?
By Lawrence
Second instalment of video on how to drink coffee effectively. You can find the first one here.
ASAP Science: Your Brain on Coffee
By Lawrence
As a trader you are likely a coffee drinker. Learn something about coffee can help you use it more efficiently. =)
Pat Dorsey: The Little Book that Builds Wealth
By Lawrence
Thoughtful talk by Pat Dorsey on value investing. It is a long talk at 1 hour 10 minutes. The concept of moat is very interesting and it can help to expand why some businesses can perform better in the long run. You can get the book The Little Book that Builds Wealth from Amazon.
Steven J. Dubner: When to Rob a Bank
By Lawrence
Statistics on everything and interesting implications from the data. It is a long video at about 56 minutes. You can get the book When to Rob a Bank from Amazon
Angela Lee Duckworth: What Is Grit
By Lawrence
This is a short question and answer based video on what is grit. Angela Duckworth also has a TedTalk which I added to the video library here long time ago, but that one is longer with explanation and extrapolation of her research.
