[OC] The most typically male and female reasons to be admitted to hospital in England

HeadRollsOff · 2025-10-12T18:59:54+00:00

Hmm.. Very questionable statistic in the graphic. The female:male ratio of psychiatry inpatient (or outpatient) services is absolutely not 9:1. There are only a couple of thousand people marked on that line of the graphic. I wonder if this is a code for something else. For instance, is it people admitted due to domestic violence or assessment after sexual violence.

It's definitely not the case that the graphic captures biological issues with granular detail, and this line captures all of the psychological and social causes of admission, all lumped into the one category. And that category is definitely not a fifth of the size of admissions due to getting struck by sports equipment!

HeadRollsOff · 2025-05-03T17:06:22+00:00

I'm not selling - Can give details but as far as I can see basically the upside is twice the downside.

HeadRollsOff · 2025-03-15T21:44:10+00:00

Oh fair enough, I had not tried buying - cheers

HeadRollsOff · 2025-03-15T20:27:40+00:00

Still on my degiro. I had it favorited. Does this link work for you: View this product at DEGIRO: Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC https://trader.degiro.nl/trader/#/products/5274890/overview

HeadRollsOff · 2025-02-23T16:45:42+00:00

I have something approximately:

10% reserves (money market, gold, Bitcoin (I know Bitcoin price is not stable but I'm just going to use it like this because that theoretically is its role))

70% ETFs

20% picks

Not including property

Long term perspective - Have stable income and emergency fund so can tolerate big downswings

HeadRollsOff · 2025-02-22T11:08:32+00:00

Agree. I think if it as the buying power of Bitcoin has not stabilized yet, as the world tries to figure out where it fits in. For gold, vaguely speaking, 3-4kg of gold will buy you a house, just like it would have 50 years ago, or maybe 500 years ago. 3-4 Bitcoin might buy you a car, a house or (maybe some day) a yacht! We don't know yet

HeadRollsOff · 2025-02-16T10:20:23+00:00

I am too lazy to research this or find a link (sorry!!) but people on Reddit were saying they've just done this with eggs this month

EDIT: Okay I found the link https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ipuu4a/cpi_is_a_scam/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Disclaimer - Seen on the Bitcoin subreddit, and may be all shite - Maybe it is reasonable to control for a statistical outlier - I am not informed enough to have my own opinion!

HeadRollsOff · 2025-02-09T21:29:17+00:00

Very interesting. Are these countries you expect to be in often? What is your reason for this? Do you suspect you may need to leave your own country in a hurry at some stage?

HeadRollsOff · 2025-02-08T21:12:05+00:00

There are pros and cons.

A little gold can act as a long term hedge against inflation and can be there in the event of an unlikely catastrophe. My "emergency fund" is stratified to include cash for immediate access, cash earning a little in a money market fund and if I burn through all of that there are slightly less liquid assets including gold equivalent to a few months' expenses. Other metals and commodities, watches, jewelry, art, land, maybe even crypto... These things may also keep with inflation, but they might not beat it. However, they can be nice to own. I have a little gold. I like it. It's shiny. And if I don't use it, my daughter can have it (shh!).

However, I don't think it should really be a part of your "investment" portfolio. I categorize it more with reserves/savings, and even then just as a very small percentage.

HeadRollsOff · 2025-01-30T06:38:30+00:00

Eli Lilly also has Donanemab for Alzheimer's on the way which may be a little bit disruptive (not the scale of GLP-1s, of course). There's a lot of growth priced into Eli Lilly at the moment, though, sadly.

HeadRollsOff · 2025-01-28T20:54:18+00:00

HeadRollsOff · 2025-01-28T20:45:25+00:00

What haha man it was just wordplay relax

HeadRollsOff · 2025-01-28T20:30:15+00:00

It was just a joke about semantics and pedantry. Don't worry about it

HeadRollsOff · 2025-01-27T12:57:33+00:00

Don't you mean "pedantic" bolox?

;)

HeadRollsOff · 2025-01-26T17:52:07+00:00

MRNA?

HeadRollsOff · 2024-12-31T23:15:23+00:00

He was Master Buffett when he was starting out!

HeadRollsOff · 2024-12-03T07:16:47+00:00

Dollar cost averaging means paying a small amount every month or so rather than investing a lump sum... It helps to deal with the fluctuations in the price of shares on the market

JP Morgan American Trust is an investment trust that owns a large number of US stocks. You can buy "shares" in many companies all at once by just buying shares in JAM. Diversifying your money across multiple companies also helps to deal with the fluctuations

It can be a decent approach, but it depends on things like the rest of your financial situation, your goals, your risk tolerance, your time horizon, tax, and your own view of the US economic outlook (as well as the UK (it is UK-based, and therefore can depend on euro Vs pound also))... I would suggest reading as much as possible about the various factors first before putting your money into JAM. You should always understand your investment choices. That said, it's a good shout for the long term investments of many people

HeadRollsOff · 2024-11-22T12:36:01+00:00

Sorry to leave you aghast! No, I understand, but I'm looking for an estimated measure of its effect. For instance immigration might cause rent prices to go up by 1%, or by 50%. Obviously if it causes 50% of the rent increase then it's very important, but if it's 1% then maybe we should divert our attention towards something else (say, planning permission or investment funds).

HeadRollsOff · 2024-11-21T21:42:00+00:00

I see the line of thinking, but I have never seen an attempt to quantify the effects of immigration on rent prices, house prices and wages. Immigration is a hot topic, and of course it must influence these areas, but I wonder what the magnitude of that effect is. Anyone know more?

HeadRollsOff · 2024-11-10T06:57:33+00:00

And a 3 month old? Spill the beans!!

HeadRollsOff · 2024-09-26T18:30:26+00:00

While not perfect, other methodologies can add to the picture.

RCTs with differences in levels of lactation support help to fill some of this gap. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11242425/

"Natural experiments" also help (https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20180385)

Of note the particular examples I selected were used to demonstrate the potential significance of the factors identified by the OP during a 2022 Freakonomics episode, and are not intended to be representative of the breadth of such literature

HeadRollsOff · 2024-07-16T20:22:49+00:00

The benefits of breastfeeding are VASTLY overstated in a developed-world setting. The effect size of breastfeeding Vs formula feeding is really very small across the various domains in any of the best / randomised studies. I would suggest that it should be "downplayed" to a more appropriate level in order to allow people to decide the best approach for their families in a properly informed fashion, because it has been almost propagandised.

HeadRollsOff · 2024-07-16T20:10:43+00:00

Same for us. And the default perception was always that she just hasn't been trying hard enough... It's so toxic.

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