Automated Archives for March, 25th 2025
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Chess For the Day
Record: 2-0-2
Net Elo Change: -1
Games Played
Blog Posts On This Day
- March 25, 2024 (2 posts)
- March 25, 2023 (1 post)
"The Best Presidential Biographies"
A collection of ratings and reviews of Presidential biographies for (nearly) every US President.
From the author's about page:
Given my fascination with the presidency and love of great writing, in 2010 I began collecting the best biographies of each of the presidents. In late 2012 I embarked on a quest to read them all – beginning with George Washington.
This site was initially created to log my journey and organize my thoughts. But 260 presidential biographies later it has evolved into something a bit larger…
I finished my first pass through the presidents on Presidents’ Day 2019 – after six fascinating years. Now I’m reading presidential biographies from my follow-up list as well as great biographies of non-presidents.
Describing the rating methodology:
Ratings are on a scale of 0 to 5 stars, with equal weight given to my subjective assessment of: (1) how enjoyable the biography was to read and (2) the biography’s historical value (including comprehensive coverage and critical analysis of its subject).
March 22nd, 2025
Ardent Violet and the Infinite Eye (2024) - 4.5/5 Space Mechs
I've got to share how much I enjoy the second book in the Starmetal Symphony series by my friend Alex White. It's a great follow up in the series, filled with twists and turns, as well as dramatic and touching moments. Just a fun and enjoyable ride filled with memorable characters.
Just wait until you meet Scent of Rot. 🦀
March 13th, 2025
Dope Thief (2025)
Katie and I checked out the first two episodes of the show. The first episode is among the strongest I've seen in a while, it was excellent.
March 11th, 2025
"Is This a Stock Market Correction or a Bear Market?"
I don't think I had ever known the technical definitions of a pull back, a correction and a bear market. So this post delving into them and what the market appears to be doing right now was enlightening.
A pullback is a market drop of 5-10% and is very short term. It is a dip from a recent high during an ongoing bull market while upward momentum is still intact, and is a normal adjustment to a market cycle.
The market is in “correction phase” after a drop between 10-20% and can last a few months. These moves are typically met with higher volatility. Corrections can be violent as investors’ fear levels rise and panic selling may hit the market.
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A bear market occurs after a drop of 20+% over at least a two-month time frame. In a bear market, investor confidence has been shattered and many investors will sell their stocks for fear of further losses. Trading activity tends to decrease as do dividend yields.
Bear markets tend to become vicious cycles when rallies are sold and not bought This happened in 2000 and 2007 and can typically be seen on charts as the market makes lower lows and lower highs. Bear markets tend to occur in the contraction phase of the business cycle and last, on average, approximately 16 months.
