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Over Where? February Portfolio Update.

  Feb. 22nd Sigh. I don't know if the USA will be hair-brained enough to actually do a war thing in Iran, a missle and air war thing, though the odds have sort of soared from less than 5 percent, say, to over 55 percent over the course of the last couple weeks. One gets tired of all this death and suppression of better, happier alternatives. It's a fear thing, a systemically carried fear thing, all that my-our-side, their-your-side, kill-kill-kill in the name of God, in the name of we the better, we the chosen. And an abstract thing, a money-finance-thievery thing. I'm but a peace-loving, honest goy-boy. Hoho.  So. The practice portfolio, 24 weeks in, is up 21.7 (vs the S&P 6.4) percent with a very high risk-adjusted alpha and relatively low beta, which would put it, were it a hedge fund, in the top 2 percent. Considering that includes a start-up phase during a bull market, that the platform is rather limited (to US markets and only a partial forex) and that it's a ...

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