Investing is different because we have the opportunity to apply strategies repeatedly over a long period of time. While the outcome of any short-term investment sub-period may have characteristics of randomness, over many repetitions patterns emerge. This …
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From the Office of Weak Sauce Management: Your Elite 8 Scoring Update
As we mentioned after the Round 2 update, our scoring rules this year did absolutely nothing to discourage most of you from submitting chalky brackets. And while we’ll do a deep dive after all the dancing is done, right now there’s a simple piece of evidence that …
Keep ReadingReSolve 2017 March Madness Bracket Challenge: Round 2 Update
Because despite lacking any major early upsets, there are a handful of mid-seeded teams that made moves in the second round. Specifically, Xavier, Wisconsin, and Michigan are all on high-point underdog runs, having disposed of #3 Florida State, #1 Villanova, and …
Keep ReadingPSA : Your NCAA March Madness Rules are Garbage. Do This Instead.
On the heels of last year’s fun and successful March Madness Bracket Challenge (“WHERE SKILL PREVAILS!”), we are happy to invite any and all to 2017’s version. Feel free to read the post for this year’s rules, but bear in mind this year’s pool is …
Keep ReadingMarch Madness Portfolio Challenge: All Hail Our Champion!
With our inaugural March Madness Portfolio Challenge in the books, we’re going to cover three very important takeaways.Takeaway #1: I mean, it wasn’t even close…Yes, in this part we pay homage to our esteemed champion, who has earned the glory due …
Keep ReadingMarch Madness Portfolio Challenge: Final Four Ranks
Well, stick a fork in it: our March Madness Portfolio Challenge is done, before the Final Four games even tip off! Laura B ran away with it, and nobody else can catch up, no matter what happens from here on out. Everyone else is just fighting for the table scraps. So, enjoy the rest of the …
Keep ReadingMarch Madness Portfolio Challenge: Elite 8 Leaderboard
Today, we just have a quick update on our March Madness Portfolio Challenge rankings. Long story short: Laura B. still has a commanding grip on the field. Her remaining teams are: Virginia (20%), Oklahoma (20%), Oregon (20%) and ‘Nova (20%), which …
Keep ReadingMarch Madness Portfolio Challenge: Round 2 Leaderboard
So, Round 2 is in the books, and my beloved Wisconsin Badgers are once again through to the Sweet 16. Oh, alright. I guess I’ll update everyone on the leaderboard since all the second round games have passed. But before I get to that, let’s quickly …
Keep ReadingMarch Madness Portfolio Challenge: Round 1 Leaderboard
While we’ll be adding more data as the tournament continues, our current version includes a few interesting things to pay attention to. In addition to the score, we report on the portfolio weight remaining and the HHI index …
Keep ReadingRegister for our Completely Unique March Madness Challenge
That said, as with all March Madness pools, there will be a certain amount of people who submit chalk brackets. And while there exists no specific rule against these submissions, it’s a generally accepted principle that such submissions are the exclusive purview of cranks …
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