Father’s Day: Charlie Goodman, My Second Father
Christmas Day 1975, a forgotten promise and one phone call from Charlie Goodman: a Father's Day story about the man behind Goodman Wave Theory.
15 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Michael Archer
My First Trip to Zurich: A Young Trader Abroad in 1977
Michael Archer recalls his first trip abroad at 27, a trading trip to Zurich in 1977: tiny pizza slices, an escargot binge and the Sechselauten festival.
6 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
Trading Stories from Hawaii: My Pal Afu
A story from 1980s Hawaii: Michael Archer pitches commodity futures to a union board and makes an unforgettable friend with a Samoan cocktail.
7 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
The Honolulu Commodity Exchange: A Bucket Shop Story
In 1980 Michael Archer opened a commodity office in Hawaii and met a rival, the Honolulu Commodity Exchange. It was a bucket shop, too good to be true.
21 Jul 2024 · 6 min read
Three Clients, Three Life Lessons from a Money Manager
Michael Archer recalls three memorable commodity clients, from a chance meeting over the game of Go to a man in a tattered blazer, and their lessons.
17 Jul 2024 · 5 min read
The list
One letter, when there is something to say
Charlie wrote to his students. We do the same: a new plate, a chart worth looking at, a note when a book is finished. No schedule, no sequence, no selling to you every Tuesday. Leave when you like.
We keep the list ourselves. It is never sold, rented or shared.