{"id":9863,"date":"2014-05-05T23:21:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T22:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=9863"},"modified":"2014-05-05T23:21:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T22:21:55","slug":"may-bank-holiday-isnt-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2014\/05\/05\/may-bank-holiday-isnt-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"May Bank Holiday isn&#8217;t all about sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">May bank holiday doesn&#8217;t actually scream trading on sports markets for me. It pulls me in a different direction&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Long before I started trading on sports markets I spent a lot of time and effort on financial markets and that eventually led me to the Berkshire Hathaway AGM in Omaha Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Until I got too busy on sports markets; the first weekend in May, the Bank Holiday weekend, was traditionally the time I would hop over to the US to visit friends, catch up on things and head over to Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;ve skipped the AGM in recent years, but as financial markets are more scaleable than sports markets; the pull back is insatiable. So trips to the US are increasing in frequency again.\u00a0The AGM has changed a bit since then. Too many people go now for Buffett to meet the international shareholders them personally and you have to submit questions now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still worth going though, for the party atmosphere and for the people you meet. Many of which have changed my life and my outlook on it. All of whom I am honoured to now call my friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the Bank Holiday coming around again this year, I&#8217;ve remastered this presentation I did I few years ago for Shares Magazine about my visit to the AGM. I wrote for Shares magazine for quite a few years. 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