Robinhood Candlestick Charts, Big Data = Big Problems

“To light a candle is to cast a shadow” – Ursula K. Le Guin

On September 4, 2018, Robinhood, one of the most progressive and highly recommended platforms for emotional investing, decidedly disowned and insulted a significant portion of the trading community with the introduction of so-called “Candlestick Charts”.  Continue reading “Robinhood Candlestick Charts, Big Data = Big Problems”

The Case for Investing Emotionally

“Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you” – Roger Ebert

A spectre is haunting the world of investing. A ghost of Christmas past. A 13,000 pound African bush elephant squat squarely in all of our minds. That unavoidable, unassailable, metaphorical large gray mammal is human emotion. Continue reading “The Case for Investing Emotionally”