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The Rise Of Front Line Intelligence & Reverse Mentoring – HR 3.0 to HR 4.0

I previously wrote about the fact that notion that “Entrepreneurial activity takes many shapes and forms whilst having their own distinctiveness in approach and execution” here which is a universal truth! Everyone needs to escape the rat race and… Read more »

The Collateral Alibi: Cross-Examining Gold, The Five-Handle, And The Case For Tokenised Metal

A broker’s note says gold has overtaken Treasuries and that its link to real yields is broken. I tested both against primary data. The ECB’s own valuation-adjusted numbers say Treasuries still lead 26% to 16%, and the gold/real-yield correlation was at its tightest right after the Russian asset seizure. What actually changed is the level, not the slope – and that is why tokenised, leased gold matters at a five-handle.

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Still A Blunt Tool: How 2026 Proved the 2019 Verdict on Monetary Policy

Written 17 September 2026 (AEST). A short, visual follow-up to Monetary Policy Is A Blunt Tool Of The Past (June 2019). Seven years on, the blunt tool just proved the… Read more »

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Chase the Loop, Not the Rush: The Neuroscience of Challenge, Reward and Wellbeing

Part of the wellbeing series. Written 20 September 2026. Four years ago, in Gamification Symmetry With Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, I opened with a claim I want to now take… Read more »

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The Prophecy, Continued: The Dollar’s Demise Was Never About the Exchange Rate

Written 17 September 2026 (AEST). This is the continuation I promised in January 2024, when I closed The Demise of the US Dollar — A Prophecy For Its Death! with… Read more »

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What the Community Says

Anonymised feedback from traders in the community on thealphaswarmer research and calls.

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The Case For The Father: What The Evidence Actually Says About Paternal Involvement In Early Childhood

Father involvement is associated with measurable child outcomes at moderate effect sizes — but quality of involvement, not volume of contact, carries the association. What the research establishes, and what it cannot.

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Performance, Not Presence: Why Creativity Remains the Mind’s Central Asset

Machines may exceed human intelligence, yet every output remains bounded by the domains of architecture, data, sensors and objectives. Until science can detect first-person experience beyond behavioural imitation, machine consciousness… Read more »

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Before the Headlines: A Four-Year Audit of My Intermarket Calls

A four-year, evidence-weighted review of my timestamped calls across currencies, oil, equities, rates and Bitcoin—with the scores and receipts.

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Hike It Double? The Fed’s Real Decision Might Actually Be About Japan

Hike It Double? The Fed’s Real Decision Might Actually Be About Japan In 2019, Playing With Fire* argued that the economic frameworks we’d inherited were already too blunt for the… Read more »

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Why Hypnosis Often Works After Everything Else Already Did the Groundwork

A pattern shows up often enough in clinical writing on trauma recovery that it deserves a proper explanation rather than a shrug: someone spends years in counselling, works seriously through… Read more »

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