BLS Warned About Census Adjustment in December 2011
Barry has been crushing the BLS flat-earthers the past few days. Resistance, however, is futile. Try as I might not to opine on the 1.2-million-one-month-drop-in-the-labor-force, I cannot help but spill a few pixels of my own. So here goes. Let’s start with last month’s BLS Employment Situation release. It contained a box, on Page 4...
Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant
Part 1: http://youtu.be/ahXIMUkSXX0
Part 2: http://youtu.be/lOIP_Z_-0Hs
How to find the Lucas Angle: http://youtu.be/RRNQAaTVa_A
16.15.14 13.12.11
That is the current time and date, at least the way the Brits configure it (DD/MM/YY)
16.15.14 13.12.11 = 4:15 pm (13 seconds) on the 13th day of the 12 month in the 11th year of the century.
What Was That About Correlation & Causation?
Via Businessweek, we learn that Facebook caused the Greek Debt crisis, Global Warming is caused by NSF R&D budget, and other spurious correlations: Need to prove something you already believe? Statistics are easy: All you need are two graphs and a leading question. Wonky amusing fun for any statistically innumerate eejit on your holiday list....
The Market Magic of Democrats vs GOP Presidents
Jim Mcteague discusses the surprising correlation that Democratic Presidents have had with outperforming economy and stock markets versus Republican Presidents. He points out that Real GDP growth between 1949 and 2011 was 4.43% under Democratic presidents, while the average growth rate has been 2.43% under Republicans. As we are so fond of reminding the innumerate...
The Unreasonable Beauty of Mathematics
Source:
The Unreasonable Beauty of Mathematics
Scientific American
July 26, 2011
4 Out of 5 Lincoln MKX Buyers Cannot Do Math
I am not exactly a Hybrid kinda of guy — horsepower and handling are more my thing. And, hybrids cost extra — so much, in fact, that Hybrids take anywhere from 7-12 years to recoup the additional purchase costs and pay for themselves. But, if I was given an option of getting the hybrid version...
4 Out of 5 Lincoln MKX Buyers Cannot Do Math
I am not exactly a Hybrid kinda of guy — horsepower and handling are more my thing. And, hybrids cost extra — so much, in fact, that Hybrids take anywhere from 7-12 years to recoup the additional purchase costs and pay for themselves. But, if I was given an option of getting the hybrid version...
Rise of the Algorithm
Not surprisingly, some of the conclusions and statements within the graphic are less than rigorous in their criticism: > click for ginormous graphic Interbank FX, Rise of the Algorithm July 12, 2011
Sunk Costs Dilemma: “About Those Housing Bears” . . .
From the annals of wrong comes this article, published 6 years ago today (2005): The Housing Bears Are Wrong Again. Here is a quick excerpt: “Homebuilders led the stock parade this week with a fantastic 11 percent gain. This is a group that hedge funds and bubbleheads love to hate. All the bond bears have...
