Norman’s Blog

Recent trip The family took a trip to Pennsylvania dutch country recently. We have two boys ages 5 1/2 and 4. If you dont know its a region in pennsylvania with a strong Amish influence. It’s pretty touristy but the Amish do still actually live there and you do see them going about thier daily lives in the midst of all the tourists. I did get a sense of authenticity to some degree....

I usually wake up around 5 am. It seems to be a natural time for me. I don’t use any kind of alarm, and I rarely vary from waking around that time. First thing is coffee. It’s a non negotiable. I recently started using an electric tea kettle to boil the water. The regular stovetop teapot we used to have worked fine for me, but my wife wanted something new. We use a French press in our house....

Last week a well-known hedge fund manager/philanthropist/mathematician left this earth. Jim Simons was considered the godfather of quantitative finance/trading. His success came from walking down a different path. He was one of the first to successfully look at the capital markets as a series of patterns to be figured out. And then he figured them out. Not unlike a science experiment. Hypothesis Experiment Conclusion Repeat He and fund(s) were widely successful....

It might be of interest to some to know a bit about the author. Let’s start with the obvious. I am a human. Since I am trying to remain anonymous here I don’t want to get any more specific in that regard. I work in technology. I have a family. I have a wife and children. I am not an easy person to get along with. I seek the truth most of the time....

Welcome. This is the beginning. This site is anonymous. That is intentional. It’s easier, to tell the truth when you can be honest. I have been haphazardly writing for a long time for myself. This is in an effort for me to get better. You will find writings on various and diverse subjects. You may be interested in some and not in others, that is fine. Read what you want and disregard the rest....