/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>18027136
I'm just honeypotting.

>>951520
Three statisticians went out hunting, and came across a large deer. The first statistician fired, but missed, by a meter to the left. The second statistician fired, but also missed, by a meter to the right. The third statistician didn't fire, but shouted in triumph, "On the average we got it!"

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Logic is a systematic method for getting the wrong conclusion with confidence.

Statistics is a systematic method for getting the wrong conclusion with 95% confidence.

A statistics major was completely hung over the day of his final exam. It was a True/False test, so he decided to flip a coin for the answers. The stats professor watched the student the entire two hours as he was flipping the coin...writing the answer...flipping the coin...writing the answer. At the end of the two hours, everyone else had left the final except for the one student. The professor walks up to his desk and interrupts the student, saying:
"Listen, I have seen that you did not study for this statistics test, you didn't even open the exam. If you are just flipping a coin for your answer, what is taking you so long?"
The student replies bitterly, as he is still flipping the coin: "Shhh! I am checking my answers!"


There was this statistics student who, when driving his car, would always accelerate hard before coming to any junction, whizz straight over it , then slow down again once he'd got over it. One day, he took a passenger, who was understandably unnerved by his driving style, and asked him why he went so fast over junctions. The statistics student replied, "Well, statistically speaking, you are far more likely to have an accident at a junction, so I just make sure that I spend less time there."

Does buying treasury bonds count as stocking investing? Also why the eff would anyone buy stocks when they could buy a treasury bond, the brokerage fees eat up any possible profit.

Way I figure it is if I buy 52k worth of treasury bonds (one for each year of the week) I'll be set for life.

Hello all. What do you professional types do with your free time?

For me, right now, I'm reading Aristotle. I've finished The Ethics in its' entirety, and have just begun Book II Chapter ix of Politics, where he gets into the heart of analyzing various foreign Constitutions, laws, and governments.

Upon its completion, I plan on reading the Constitution of the United States, and examining (SOME) of the relevant laws in my state. Then if I'm dissatisfied with the current state of affairs, I plan on rewriting the American Constitution to see if I can't do better myself.

Ask me how this relates to finance or business and I shall reply as pic related. It's better than playing video games at least.

So /biz/, what productive ways do you spend your free time?