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“Buy This Stock Now!”

June 5, 2019 by Andy Le Peau

You’ve seen the pop-up adds and click bait many times. “He predicted the Great Recession. Now look what stock he says to buy!” What few ask, however, is this. What other predictions did he make that failed? Were there dozens? Hundreds? No one remembers those. But if you make lots of such guesses, then odds …

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

November 14, 2017 by Andy Le Peau

Consider this problem. A bat and ball cost $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

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Not an Exact Science

March 2, 2010 by Andy Le Peau

Since I’ve been an editor all these years, many people assume I have a degree in English or journalism. They are wrong, of course. I have a degree in mathematics. That may seem an odd thing, but studying mathematics has helped me tremendously as an editor in at least two ways. First, it trained me …

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Taking Stock

June 24, 2009 by Andy Le Peau

Next week IVP undertakes its annual ritual of taking stock. I don’t mean we will evaluate how well we did or didn’t hit our goals for the end of our fiscal year on June 30. Rather almost all office personnel are commandeered by those in our accounting department and our distribution center to “do inventory.” …

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