“I Love It” with Lil Pump), covers himself in expensive clothing, and contributes to consumerism - the very thing he spoke against in “All Falls Down.” He aligns himself with a racist President, despite frequently discussing the social and economic challenges faced by African-Americans in his music. The Kanye of today seems to have become a part of the very system he criticized, someone who rides trends (ex. The Kanye of “The College Dropout” was fresh, still a struggling artist eager to prove his worth and fighting against societal norms for what he believed was right. Though many of Kanye’s fans today were just toddlers when he released ‘The College Dropout”, it evokes a strange sense of nostalgia. From the nostalgic “Family Business,” to the high-stakes, crescendo-building “Two Words,” to “School Spirit,” a critical piece about higher education, Kanye raps about anything and everything. It is hard to dissect “The College Dropout” and its legacy track by track. The chorus is a high-pitched sample of Chaka Khan’s “Through the Fire,” uplifting and steady despite some of the grounding lyrics in which Kanye talks about how “half jaw was in the back of mouth” and how “in a blink of an eye, his whole life changed.” It is a powerful song about determination and perseverance Kanye avoided death, and his physical state wasn’t going to stop him from rapping and doing what he loved. Two weeks after the surgery, with his jaw still recovering, Kanye recorded the first version of “Through the Wire,” the lyrics slurring as he recounted his tale of horror while throwing some comedic elements into the mix. A couple of years before the release of the album, Kanye got in a near-fatal car accident and had to have reconstructive jaw surgery. It would be foolish to remember “The College Dropout” without talking about “Through the Wire,” the first single, and arguably the heart of the album. The song utilizes a slow beat and couples it with Jamie Foxx’s lyrical chorus and Twista’s quick lines in the second verse to create a warm, soft-beat track that pays tribute to classic soul artists. “Slow Jamz,” in contrast, is a saucy and melodic song about a suggestive encounter between a man and a woman. The song emphasizes Kanye’s faith in God, and one particular line in the chorus embodies the theme of the song: Poignant, poised, and powerful, Kanye pleads, “God show me the way because the Devil is tryna break me down.” It’s a strong line that not only demonstrates Kanye’s struggle for faith, but his fearlessness too - not everyone can admit to feeling vulnerable and wanting guidance. The gospel-fueled, intense track is an ode to Christianity and finding redemption in times of intense moral struggle. “Spaceship” follows, a steady, soulful song in which Kanye and two guest rappers, GLC and Consequence, sing about desiring a more fulfilling life where they get the fame and recognition they deserve.īeyond even these gems, there are truly extraordinary tracks that hold up the album to this day. The album starts off with “We Don’t Care,” a joyful beat juxtaposed by lyrics about the unpleasant necessity of dealing drugs, topped off by a children’s chorus singing verses like “Drug dealing just to get by / Stack your money ‘til it gets sky high.” Then we get to songs like “All Falls Down,” where Kanye struggles with his desire for value and validation through expensive name brand clothing and accessories - a very noticeable difference from the Kanye today. Throw in a few excellent guest features, and you have a masterpiece. What makes “The College Dropout” stand out then and now is Kanye’s beautiful execution of witty rhymes and stunning production. While Kanye clearly respected the hustle, he avoided themes of violence that were more popular with his peers. But overall, in the early 2000s, rap was still a genre dominated by trap. For as long as there was hip-hop and rap, there were songs that addressed societal issues, racism, and the African-American experience. "The College Dropout” brought something different to the hip-hop scene. The industry wanted him for his beats, not his lines, and it took him several years and many failed attempts before he finally got Damon Dash to reluctantly sign him to Roc-A-Fella Records. The Kanye of the mid-90s and early 2000s was well known not as a rapper, but as a producer, the genius behind the beats in Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint” and other popular hits by singers like Alicia Keys and Ludacris. “The College Dropout” was a critical and commercial success, but it was a surprise to most of Kanye fans at the time. 10, 2004, he forever changed the rap game. When Kanye West dropped his debut album on Feb.
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Naturally, we recommend the ES with the five-speed manual transmission. Pricing for the 5, which goes on sale in mid-May, wasn't final as this issue went to press, but the sedans will range from the base DX at $13,180 to the top-of-the-line ES from $16,580. In addition to the familiar Protegé sedans, Mazda is adding the Protegé 5, a five-door hatchback version of the ES enhanced by a racier front fascia and ground-effects rocker panels. The humbler models get the structural and sound-deadening measures given the other cars but carry on with the same base engine, a rather buzzy 1.6-liter four that's actually downgraded two horses to 103. The foregoing applies to the ES and LX 2.0 editions of the Protegé more than the base DX and LX, by the way. If the previous Protegé ES was, as we asserted, "a disciplined machine, with quick, sure suspension responses," then its successor is even more so, which should help it hang onto its title as lord of the flies, at least for the time being. The steering, too, has a more precise feel, body roll seems to be reduced, and unlike most cars in this class it's possible to achieve a hint of oversteer, improving an already high fun-to-drive index. That's when those localized stiffening measures - as well as 16-inch wheels and revised roll centers (24mm lower in front, 21mm higher in the rear) - begin to assert themselves, producing sharper transient responses and turn-in traits that are distinctly more eager than the previous car's. More motor notwithstanding, the most gratifying element of this upgrade doesn't really show up until the road acquires kinks. And that in turn seems to yield better midrange poke, with less aural drama, than in the 2000 model. 120, a function of the extra 152 cubic centimeters. The more significant gain is in the realm of torque, 135 pound-feet vs. The engine-speed-sensitive variable-assist power rack system has stiffer shaft mounts, a stiffer steering torsion bar, and a new support yoke, and Mazda claims that system friction has also been reduced.Īnd even though we found the acceleration satisfactory - 8.9 seconds to 60 - and the 1840cc engine "songful," Mazda bolted in an entirely different powerplant as part of this limited makeover. We liked the precision of the steering, but that, too, came in for revision. We had no complaints in the realm of noise, vibration, and harshness - "no rattles and buzzes, no quivers and thrums" - but Mazda has installed yards of sound-damping material on the floorpan, underhood, and behind the fire wall, and a damper has been added to the front engine mount that inhibits torque motions related to throttle response. We praised the structure of that 2000 Protegé ES - "as solid as the vault at Wells Fargo" - but this 2001 update entails extensive suspension pickup-point reinforcements and heavier suspension subframing. Nevertheless, here's Mazda, fixing something that didn't seem to be broken. It's been less than a year since the ES version of the Protegé raced to the head of the transportation appliance class here at C/D by dusting a dozen rivals in a definitive small-sedan shootout (" Little Cars 6.1," June 2000). U pside: Funny, human, quirky, and lower-stress reading, strong female characters.ĭownside: Not everyone is into alternate-history fantasy/science-fiction mashups. Titles: Prudence, Imprudence, Competence, Reticence. There’s a third series, the Custard Protocol, set 20 or so years after Parasol Protectorate, and I’m not telling you what it’s about, that would be spoilers, read the earlier ones and work up to it. Titles: Etiquette & Espionage, Curtsies & Conspiracies, Waistcoats & Weaponry, Manners & Mutiny Sophronia is from a moderately wealthy family, but they aren’t sure what to do with her inquisitive and mechanically inclined nature until she gets an invite to attend Madame Geraldine’s Finishing School. The Finishing School series is more YA-oriented and excellently written (my favorite of the set, actually), set 20 or so years before the Parasol Protectorate, where young girls attend a school that teaches them the manners and ways of a refined lady, AND spycraft, gadgetry, combat skills, and assassination. Titles: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless, Timeless The problem is, an organization wants to study this and how she interacts with vampires and werewolves–and her interactions with vampires and werewolves are already complicated enough. This is a terrible social scandal, not to mention contact with vampires and werewolves renders them mortal for the duration of contact. In the Parasol Protectorate, Alexia Tarabotti has no soul. Each novel in the Parasol Protectorate is written in the form of a Victorian novel genre–the first is a romance, the second is a locked room mystery, third is an adventure story and so on. The Parasolverse consists of three connected series set in an alternate Victorian world circa 1870 where aether is a thing, as are vampires and werewolves–and they’re both considered members of high society. Series so far: The Parasol Protectorate, Finishing School, The Custard Protocol, side stories First-person narration by Harry may be annoying to some people. That is how strong the settings rules and internal coherency are.ĭo wnsides: The first three books are definitely not as polished as everything after that. Harry rides a zombie T-rex with a man in a polka suit riding behind him–and everything about this makes sense when you reach the scene. This is an actual scene from one of the books. And it’s an ongoing series with the new book (Peace Talks) out in June. Strengths: Really strong internal logic, really good characters, overarching plot that is only just now becoming apparent. Part of this is Harry goes from being “a guy trying to look out for himself forced to do good” to “openly and admittedly a good guy who’s going to get out there and do what he can to protect people, because it’s the right thing to do.”Ĭharacters (And characterization) tend to be really strong–Michael and Karrin grow to be two of my favorites because they’re both people who definitely try to do the right thing and this is presented as a strength of theirs, not a weakness, and one of the benefits of the short stories are stories set in another character’s point of view, and you find out Jim Butcher writes Harry’s narration–but Harry is not Jim Butcher. He’s even in the phonebook under “Wizard.” The series has a rougher start, it’s a little grittier, but it’s not a bad read at all, and at book 4 the series really hits its stride. In this titan of urban fantasy, Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden (his father was a stage magician and his mother wasn’t alive to argue over the name) is Chicago’s first professional wizard. Series run: Supposed to be twenty novels and then a trilogy to cap it off, aside from short stories. Series so far: 15 books, next one out out in June ( Peace Talks), 2 short story collections ( Side Jobs and Brief Cases), some graphic novel side stories that aren’t essential Here’s two to start us off! The Dresden Files With that in mind, I’m going to do my best to recommend long series I know to be worth reading. There’s no getting around it: Some of us could use something new to read to keep us busy for a while. They are clearly marked in the history for anyone with an account over there who wants to take on the task. I've deleted a season and a half's worth of quotes - those should be on wikiquote. Ideally all episode pages updated should be done in exactly the same way, so notes or a reference article would assist with that - Mortice 22:50, 10 December 2006 (UTC) Ah, after examination, that one page is just transclusions of season pages - cunning.ĭo you think someone could either write up notes on the 'preferred format' for moving quotes to WikiQuote and updating the episode page with the link, or just choose a 'reference episode' from which other episodes can follow the format. Presumably the link to the season page on WikiQuote could link to the episode's section? Though I see there's currently only one page on WikiQuote for the whole of The Simpsons. They don't like articles for single episodes. They prefer if we create season articles. ] We already asked this question at Wikiquote. Then, just create a link to the appropriate Wikipedia episode article, and voila, problem solved. That way, there isn't a long list of clutter there. RobJ1981 19:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC) What I would recommend, in moving quotes to WikiQuote, is to create individual articles on that Wiki-space (e.g., "Bart the Genius"). The history remains, so just go to that revision and then copy+paste to WikiQuote when needed. I've removed some, with a note of take it to WikiQuote. If you look at many episode articles: huge quotes lists clutter the article. It seems like the project forgot about that. I thought the general theme was 'move all quotes to WikiQuote'? - Mortice 18:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC) Yes according to the project page, a task is move quotes from articles here to WikiQuote. The Dark Side 01:43, 4 December 2006 (UTC) I think they are generally frowned upon and a few quotes are allowed, but then you get the whole "which quote is more important than the other?" thing, so most people just clear the entire sections. Scorpion0422 22:46, 3 December 2006 (UTC)Īre they allowed on individual episode pages? Someone keeps deleting them from the episode pages and I'm not sure if they should be deleted. Xtreambar 22:26, 3 December 2006 (UTC) Alright, I'm going to create a page so that we have something to work with and everyone can add to it from there. Here's an interesting page I found on The Simpsons Archive - a list of Ivy League references in The Simpson. There is probably enough material from The Simpsons to have a pretty decent article. Gran2 22:09, 3 December 2006 (UTC) Well, if Politics and Religion have articles, I think Eduction could have one. Although maybe see what some other people have to say first as well though. Could end up being quite a detailed and good article. But yeah, if you want to do it yourself, or someone else does, be my guest. Or a general Education in The Simpsons article that includes the fake universities, plus Springfield elementry and others - Xtreambar 04:29, 3 December 2006 (UTC) I'd have no objections, I don't know a great detail on the subject other than Springfield Elementary and other minor one offs. Burns at Yale, Sideshow Mel at Cornell, Edna Krababble (sp?) at Bryn Mawr etc. I figure, there are easily enough characters in the series with affilations to real colleges and universities that such an article could be whipped up. Also, here’s where to watch Encanto.I've put in an article request for a list of Simpsons characters by Alma Mater. The official synopsis for The Mandalorian reads:Īfter the fall of the Empire, a lone Mandalorian makes his way through the lawless galaxy with his foundling, Grogu.įor more Disney Plus content, here’s how to stream The Simpsons. A Disney Plus subscription grants access to Disney content as well as Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, National Geographic, and Star movies and TV shows. Use the search function to find The Mandalorianĭisney Plus is available for $7.99 per month with ads or $10.99 per month without ads (or for $109.99 per year).You can watch The Mandalorian online by streaming it on Disney Plus. How to watch The Mandalorian and stream online The Mandalorian cast includes Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin (The Mandalorian), Gina Carano as Cara Dune, Carl Weathers as Greef Karga, Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon, Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Ming-Na Wen as Fenna Shand, Emily Swallow as The Armorer, Omid Abtahi as Doctor Pershing, Taika Waititi as IG-11, and Rick Famuyiwa as Jib Dodger. Watch The Mandalorian on Disney+ right here Our younger campers utilize what’s called block coding. Sphero can also be a tool to teach younger campers about directions programming Sphero to rotate 90 degrees, go north, and rotate 180 degrees sets students up with a solid foundation of numbers. Then they simply press “Start” and watch their robot go! Students are challenged to think about the different steps that go into programming a robot while taking into consideration the robot’s restrictions.įor example, students draw a path for the Sphero to follow in the app, and can customize the color and speed. The Draw Canvas, a part of the Sphero app, is a perfect introduction to programming. Sphero also has a programmable 8x8 LED matrix, so students can code it to change colors when Sphero rolls, stops or starts, reaches a goal, or whenever else they’d like. Thanks to Sphero’s super-strong, anti-scratch, waterproof shell, it can do a lot!įor instance, at camp, students connect to provided tablets via Bluetooth, and dive into programming on day one! With a maze activity, kids learn to program their 'bots to navigate a maze-without touching the walls. (Students ages 7-9 have the opportunity to interact with (and take home!) a Sphero BOLT, our brand-new robot offering! Learn more about Bolt coding.) What can Sphero do? Don’t let its size deceive you! Its functionality is almost boundless. Sphero is an adorable, durable, interactive-you guessed it-sphere. It is published as an open-source library under the MIT License.Whether your student has never touched a robot before or is completely committed to their robotics team at school, there’s no denying the importance of robotics.įrom Roombas to home security to medicine, robots are everywhere-including, obviously, robotics camp! What is Sphero and how does it work? It is used by students in CIS 521 - Artificial Intelligence at the University of Pennsylvania, where we use Sphero robots to help teach the foundations of AI. This library is made for educational purposes. find_toy () with SpheroEduAPI ( toy ) as api : api. For example: from spherov2 import scanner from spherov2.sphero_edu import SpheroEduAPI toy = scanner. Documentations can be found inside the source files with the docstrings, or here as an HTML rendered version. The other and recommended way is to use the high level API spherov2.sphero_edu.SpheroEduAPI, which is an implementation of the official Sphero Edu APIs. Low-level APIs can be found for each toy under spherov2.toy.*, and is not documented. There are two ways you can interact with the toys, one is to use the low-level APIs implemented for each toy with the commands they support. Please refer to the document for more information. You can also find toys using specific filters. To find only a single toy, use scanner.find_toy(). To find all possible toys, simply call scanner.find_toys(). You can scan the toys around you using the scanner helper. On whichever device you decide to connect to the toys, you have to first install the BLE library by pip install bleak. The TCP server is written in asynchronous fashion using asyncio, so that it supports bleak on all platforms. find_toy ( adapter = get_tcp_adapter ( 'localhost' )) as toy. To use the adapter, for example: from spherov2 import scanner from _adapter import get_tcp_adapter with scanner. To start the server, run python -m _server, with host and port by default being 0.0.0.4. TCPAdapter allows the user to send and receive Bluetooth packets connected to another host via a server running on that host as a relay. For example: from spherov2 import scanner with scanner. BleakAdapter is used by default when adapter is not specified, which connects to toys using the local Bluetooth adapter. The library currently has two adapters, BleakAdapter and TCPAdapter. To install the library, run pip install spherov2. This project uses the hbldh/bleak Bluetooth Low Energy library, which works across all platforms. The logic is written based on reverse-engineering the official Sphero Edu for Android, with the help from available documentation and other unofficial community-based Sphero libraries like igbopie/spherov2.js and EnotYoyo/pysphero. Found a better way to decompile, fixing a few things like Controls, Command Queueing, and Waiting for responses.Toys that are supported includes (implemented ones are checked): An unofficial Python library for Sphero toys that supports its Version 2 Bluetooth low energy API described here. They only charge a 1.5% commission to sellers, which they refer to as “half the usual listing fee.” The goal seems to be harmony, and also savings, something Redfin introduced as an online real estate brokerage many years ago. To both speed things up and provide a smoother loan closing.It can seamlessly integrate its lending platform with Redfin’s home-buying service.By creating a unified team from within the same company.Redfin’s goal is to streamline the home loan process.In announcing the news, and the new website, the company noted that Redfin Mortgage “is the next step in our mission to put customers first.” Redfin Agents and Redfin the Lender Will Work Together So it’s a very smart move for Redfin to get their hands on all that mortgage business, while also gaining more control of the many moving parts involved in the typical home purchase. Well, maybe it wasn’t so unexpected, seeing that the mortgage trend is decidedly moving from refinances to purchases. In an unexpected turn of events, online real estate brokerage Redfin has launched a new mortgage service called, you guessed it, “Redfin Mortgage.” It also lets you tap into the money you have in your home without replacing your entire mortgage, like you'd do with a cash-out refinance.Ĭurrent HELOC rates are relatively low compared to other loan options, including credit cards and personal loans.Whoa. It works similarly to a credit card in that you borrow what you need rather than getting the full amount you're borrowing in a lump sum. Check out some of our best HELOC lenders to start your search for the right loan for you.Ī HELOC is a line of credit that lets you borrow against the equity in your home. This should help ease the upward pressure on mortgage rates.įor homeowners looking to leverage their home's value to cover a big purchase - such as a home renovation - a home equity line of credit (HELOC) may be a good option while we wait for mortgage rates to ease. But the Fed is looking for sustained signs of slowing inflation, which means it's not likely to stop hiking rates any time soon, though officials have said they expect to start slowing the pace of hikes. This is good news for mortgage borrowers and the broader economy.Īs inflation comes down, mortgage rates likely will, too. In April 2023, the Consumer Price Index rose 4.9% year-over-year, a significant slowdown compared to the previous month. Mortgage rates increased dramatically in 2022 and have been volatile so far in 2023, but they're expected to trend down later this year. However, you'll have a higher monthly payment than you would with a longer term. Because these terms are shorter and have lower rates than 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, you could potentially save tens of thousands of dollars in interest. If you want the predictability that comes with a fixed rate but are looking to spend less on interest over the life of your loan, a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage might be a good fit for you. The average 15-year fixed mortgage rate is 6.07% this week, according to Freddie Mac data. The trade-off is that you'll have a higher rate than you would with shorter terms or adjustable rates. The lengthy 30-year term allows you to spread out your payments over a long period of time, meaning you can keep your monthly payments lower and more manageable. With this type of mortgage, you'll pay back what you borrowed over 30 years, and your interest rate won't change for the life of the loan. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is the most common type of home loan. This is a decrease from the previous week. This week's average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is 6.71%, according to Freddie Mac.
Next week’s episode of “Scorpion” Season 4 will serve as a continuation of episode 1. But before Walter could respond, Mark tells Team Scorpion that they weren’t able to successfully complete their latest mission so a mass extinction could take place. Unfortunately, Paige isn’t convinced, and she indirectly suggested that they should just focus on their professional relationship. Surprisingly, Walter tells his girlfriend that if they can stop mass attacks from taking place, they could make their relationship work. Paige is worried that a romantic relationship with Walter is not what’s best for the two of them as members of Team Scorpion. She is also upset over the fact that Walter finished her job for her. Later on in episode 1, titled “ Extinction,” Paige asks Walter why she wasn’t consulted about helping Mark. EDITORIAL VÍDEO Todo Noticias Archivo Explora 1.581 fotografías e imágenes disponibles sobre eddie kaye thomas o realiza una nueva búsqueda para encontrar más fotografías e imágenes. Walter immediately gets on board with helping him out without consulting Paige first. Upon meeting the group, Mark reveals to Team Scorpion that the apocalypse is looming in the horizon. Showing Editorial results for jadyn wong. However, neither Jaydn nor Eddie confirmed their alleged relationship. Jaydn Wong is rumored to be dating her co-star Eddie Kaye Thomas. The rumor came when they shared an on-screen romance. Walter agrees to help the same man who almost killed Toby not very long ago. Noticias Archivo Explora 354 fotografías e imágenes disponibles sobre jadyn wong o realiza una nueva búsqueda para encontrar más fotografías e imágenes. When the Scorpions aired, the actress was rumored to be dating her co-star Eddie Kaye Thomas who plays Toby. Mark asks Walter to visit him in his jail cell and tells him that he needs Team Scorpion’s help. But his dream suddenly ends when he receives a call from Mark Collins (Joshua Leonard). Since the founder of Team Scorpion is very happy to be in a relationship with Paige, he suddenly imagines a world where he, Paige, Toby (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Happy (Jadyn Wong), Sylvester (Ari Stidham) and Cabe (Robert Patrick) are in a musical number. Paige asks Walter how he feels now that things are becoming more serious between them, and Walter has the perfect response to his girlfriend’s question. It’s the morning after for the couple, finally getting the chance to be alone together and away from Team Scorpion. Eddie Kaye Thomas also explained why he believes Scorpion has such a passionate fan base. “Scorpion” Season 4 was off to a good start! The hit CBS TV series opens with Paige (Katharine McPhee) and Walter (Elyes Gabel) coming to terms with their new relationship status. Neither Eddie Kaye Thomas (‘Toby’) or Jadyn Wong (‘Happy’) would provide any clues as to Happy’s husband’s identity, but they did tell us during our interview at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con that they both know the answer. Paige (Katharine McPhee) and Walter (Elyes Gabel) just got into a relationship recently, but they may decide to go their separate ways in “Scorpion” Season 4, episode 2. Wallpaper Engine Software allows you to use amazing live wallpapers on your computer desktop. Tags: Anime, Game, Genshin Impact, Hu Tao/胡桃/フータオ, Animated, 4K Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. I do not own any of the artworks I animate, all credits belong to the original artists.Ĭopyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976. LABELS: Wallpaper, Scene, Anime, Approved, 3840 x 2160, Everyone, Customizable, FAVORITED > 2000
Drawdown in contrast, refers to the decline in value in the next period from a previous local maximum. The Maximum Drawdown is defined as the accumulated loss of buying an asset in their highest point and selling at their lowest point during a period of time. One of the main concepts in analyzing the risk of a strategy is the Maximum Drawdown that the strategy has. On many occasions, investors or traders earn great profits in bull markets but they lose all or almost all their portfolio value when a bear market starts. Within this plan, the risk management of transactions and positions is the most important feature in the long term. Traders and investors should have in their mind an integral plan to execute trades or enter into a new position. It is important that any trading plan contains a risk management approach to minimize drawdowns, by the use of stop loss or stop limit orders, as well as avoid days of higher volatility. This field focuses on drawdowns, leverage and volatility. Risk and money management are the most important aspect in a trading strategy. Notes: Analysis in this article produced with Amibroker using data from Sharadar.Lastly we should have rules to manage the risk of the strategy. Revenue momentum and EBITDA margin show promise and are worth investigating further. However, the data from this article suggests that investors would do well to consider fundamental data points in their momentum investing strategies. Therefore, the most common type of quant strategies are price based. One reason for this dichotomy is that fundamental data is not as readily available as price data. Although price momentum is the most common type used by practitioners we found that other measures such as revenue momentum produced strong performance. In this article we analyzed four different measures of momentum to see which factors produce the greatest returns for investors. Therefore, all of our momentum factor, except price momentum, outperformed buy and hold. The backtest runs from January 2001 to January 2020.īacktesting the strategy between January 2001 to January 2021 on 8,000 US stocks we produced the following results and equity curve:įor comparison, a buy and hold return on SPY between January 2001 to January 2021 was 7.51% annual return with a maximum drawdown of -55%. This is the most common type of momentum investing strategy.įor this test we are buying the top 25 stocks with the strongest price momentum over the previous four quarters and hold for four more quarters. In this first test we are testing pure price momentum. Now we know the base strategy rules we can move on and start testing the individual factors. We start with $50,000 base capital, use commissions of $0.005 per share and an equal weighting position size of 4% per trade. Positions are then held for another year. Starting in 2001, each year we will buy the top 25 stocks from our database that have the highest score for each of the four factors mentioned above. We then isolate our four factors (price momentum, revenue, net income and EBITDA margin) and normalise them so that they can be scored from 0-100. We avoid nano caps, micro cap stocks and ADRs. We start with a database of 8,000 US stocks from Sharadar that includes fundamentals and delisted symbols. We will then be able to see which measures produce the best returns for investors. In this article, we will look at four separate measures of momentum price momentum, revenue momentum, net income momentum and EBITDA margin momentum. For example, this paper called Twin Momentum. Factors such as earnings, revenue and profit margins. More recently, authors have been including fundamental factors into their analysis. In the past, authors have mainly focused on price momentum with a lookback period of around 12 months. Momentum investing is a successful method practiced by many investors around the world. By Decoding Markets Investing Stocks Strategies/ Systems July 7, 2021 To be clear, though, the only real source for most of this information about Luckey is from the Daily Beast article, in which its authors noted that their sources were being scrubbed even as the article was being written. Luckey's personal Twitter account is silent. The official Oculus Twitter account has nothing on the issue. We've reached out to the company for comment but have received no response. The news about Palmer Luckey’s involvement with Nimble America and its aims is a PR nightmare for the already beleaguered VR company, and curiously, so far Oculus has gone dark in response. SoundStageVR also showed its dissatisfaction with Luckey’s actions, but instead of boycotting the company’s platform, SoundStageVR is redirecting its profits from a 24-hour period to the Clinton campaign. Do not let bigotry, white supremacy, hate and fear win."Kokoromi & Polytron “You may have seen the news yesterday that ties Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey to Nimble America, a Trump-endorsing organization Luckey started to defame Clinton via "the power of Internet memes." In a political climate as fragile and horrifying as this one, we cannot tacitly endorse these actions by supporting Luckey or his platform.In light of this, we will not be pursuing Oculus support for our upcoming VR release, SUPERHYPERCUBE.If you are a voting citizen of the United States, please remember to register and make your voice heard this November 8th. Montreal-based Polytron, which is gearing up to launch SUPERHYPERCUBE alongside Sony’s PSVR on October 13, declared that it would no longer be porting the game over to the Oculus platform: The Seattle-based developer said that as long as Luckey still works for Oculus, NewtonVR won’t support Oculus Touch, which may affect Felt Tip Circus and AltspaceVR’s ability to support Touch through Steam. Tomorrow Today Labs, which created NewtonVR (a set of physics instructions for Unity developers) alerted Oculus to its displeasure via a tweet. They posted screenshots on Twitter of emails they said they exchanged with Luckey in the course of their research. The authors of the Daily Beast article, Gideon Resnick and Ben Collins, take some issue with Luckey's statement. I’m sorry for the impact my actions are having on the community. I don’t have any plans to donate beyond what I have already given to Nimble America.Still, my actions were my own and do not represent Oculus. Reports that I am a founder or employee of Nimble America are false. I did not write the "NimbleRichMan" posts, nor did I delete the account. I am a libertarian who has publicly supported Ron Paul and Gary Johnson in the past, and I plan on voting for Gary in this election as well.I am committed to the principles of fair play and equal treatment. into the Unity Physics system.I am deeply sorry that my actions are negatively impacting the perception of Oculus and its partners.The recent news stories about me do not accurately represent my views.Here’s more background: I contributed $10,000 to Nimble America because I thought the organization had fresh ideas on how to communicate with young voters through the use of several billboards. I’m wondering whether there is a possibility for some kind of ‘hybrid’ collision, where I could plug the SteamVR controller’s velocity, location etc. This sort of works, but with a huge delay the paddle is always lagging way behind the controller - so this is not an option.Īnother thing I’ve been trying is to implement my own physics code for the paddle, but in a way I feel like this shouldn’t be necessary as the controller already tracks all of the same variables as the ‘normal’ rigidbodies do, such as velocity etc. I also turned on interpolation to make sure moving the paddle too quickly doesn’t make it go through the ball. One thing I’ve tried is to mark the object as IsKinematic and to match its position to the controller using MovePosition and MoveRotation on the paddle Rigidbody. As such it creates issues like the paddle moving through the ball when the controller moves too quickly, or the velocity of the controller not mattering in the collision since its rigidbody’s velocity is always zero. But it doesn’t, as the controllers are not Rigidbodies and their movement works separately from the Unity physics system. The idea seems simple enough add a paddle gameobject to the controller, add colliders to the paddle and ball and it should all work itself out. Over the last few days I’ve been attempting to make a simple table tennis game using SteamVR and the HTC Vive. |
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