Renevith
Joined 11 years ago
Joined 11 years ago
A couple questions:
* Is this primarily intended for discovering new reads, or for people who've already read the books to debate which is greatest? I found the book descriptions sometimes give away too much, to the point where I stopped reading them for any book I might be interested in reading for pleasure. Examples include The Great Gatsby and Madame Bovary. Perhaps you could have a concise description that stays far away from plot points, and a more expanded description behind a "more" link.
* What dictates whether a series has one place on the list or separate places? Narnia has one for the whole series but Harry Potter has individual listings per book.
* Are ratings and reviews from your own site taken into account in the rankings?
This is shown in the article: the curved lines representing the option value are always above the straight lines of the final option payoff (the value if exercised).
This is not necessarily true for put options or for call options if the stock pays dividends. In those cases the option value can be below the payoff line and early exercise would be better than selling the option.
It definitely felt weird at first, like I was reading code that somebody had pasted into Microsoft Word. But that passed and now it's all upside.
I screen-share my IDE from time to time and I've never had anyone comment on it.
I think this type of calculation is valuable exploration for anyone to try out if they are interested in investing, and is a great way to get some hands-on learning with real data. I'm glad for the author and for anyone who reads this and decides to replicate it or extend it for their own practice and leaning. It's just that the results are not notable in the slightest.
Though it's a rare counterexample to Betteridge's Law of Headlines!
But I also was in a good sized metro area with a couple Tesla superchargers not far off my route, so my backup plan was to stop at one for 15 minutes if it ever looked like I might not make it.