Posts Tagged ‘Jokes’

A story about a banker and his standard deviations

and the lesson it offers on Investment Risk

No golden rules, Shaw

A story about a banker and his standard deviations

and the lesson it offers on Investment Risk

If you’ve not yet heard this true story of the Investment Banker and his standard deviations, read on. This ludicrous but funny story might just help you remember one of the most important things about investment risk – and it’s this. The model the ‘experts’ use is wrong!

How to write a strong news story

but why reading those stories can mislead you

How to write a strong news story

How to write a strong news story

but why reading those stories can mislead you

What makes for a strong news story? In this Insight, I’ll share what a media trainer told me about that. I’ll also offer my own views on how the ‘strong news’ approach creates misleading and potentially harmful stories about money, investing and pensions and what you can do about it.

Riddles IRATE (2)

Number riddle 2

Riddles IRATE (2)

Here’s another of my favourite riddles. How can those numbers (above) make sense? I’m sure that someone will provide the answer soon enough – and if they don’t I’ll add it in later. If you missed riddle number 1 you’ll find it here – it’s a beauty   All the best for now Paul Please…

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