Dr Alexander Elder is rather famous in the trading scene. I jumped on the rare chance when he came to Singapore to conduct a 2-day seminar (11 and 12 Feb 12). Although it was a paid seminar, I think MacQuarie subsidized quite a bit. Thanks for offsetting the cost and Phillip Capital for putting it together. I have documented the pointers below.

Ocean of ignorance

Dr Elder shared about something he learned in his chemistry class which had no relation to the subject, but it was meaningful enough to stuck in his head till today. His professor said we live in an island of knowledge and surrounded by an ocean of ignorance. As our island of knowledge expands, our boundary of ignorance increases too. The more things we learn, the more things we find that we do not know or understand. There is no way one can totally understand what ...