What I would like to watch out for is the January Barometer. It is the general perception and also statistical hypotheses that move of January usually signify if the markets would end up or down. I am interested in this for two reasons: first, if the markets move up, barometer is likely to be correct and is a relief; secondly, if the markets move down and barometer points to negative, it is interesting to question if the markets would be at these levels or below these levels 12 months from now. The most probable answer is – no. If for nothing, the stimulus and inflation would take care of the prices in longer term. The point is, January Barometer though has played out right in past few years is likely to miss out (isn’t that is what statistic is?!) this time. Of course, experts would argue, January Barometer is not 100% accurate and can’t be blamed.
In his recent book, Clear and to the Point, Kosslyn explained that the four rules of PowerPoint are: The Goldilocks Rule, The Rudolph Rule, The Rule of Four, and the Birds of a Feather Rule. Here's how they work. The Goldilocks Rule refers to presenting the "just right" amount of data. Never include more information than your audience needs in a visual image. As an example, Kosslyn showed two graphs of real estate prices over time. One included ten different numbers, one for each year. The other included two numbers: a peak price, and the current price. For the purposes of a presentation about today's prices relative to peak price, those numbers were the only ones necessary. The Rudolph Rule refers to simple ways you can make information stand out and guide your audience to important details -- the way Rudolph the reindeer's red nose stood out from the other reindeers' and led them. If you're presenting a piece of relevant data in a list, why not mak...
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