It’s good to see I am not alone out there. As Henry Blodget puts it, here is the chart that is worth a thousand word. The source article is here. Just in case you wondered, the population did NOT double over the last ten years… Enjoy!
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We are in a vicious cycle. “Best practices” as regards how to navigate during a crisis suggest that a firm should not stop investing during a downturn; actually a firm should push innovation and investments so as to: – offer differencing / innovative products during the recession in order to justify a price premium – [...]
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Sometimes, (often?) I have ideas for products / ventures outside of my field of interest. Since I do not plan on executing them, I thought I might as well give them away here for free. No guarantee that they will always be great but you’ll never know. I’ll call this new category: Ich’sights I was [...]
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Two very interesting articles from Wired. Recipe for Disaster provides some interesting background on the maths that went behind Wall Street’s risk assessment as well as its flaws. Seriously, the smartest guys in the room? Or just lazy fat cats? Tssss. Check it out here Daniel Roth has a very very good piece on the [...]
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So the economy is tanking. Consumers are depressed. Credit is scarce. The debt amount is daunting. The system is broken, with more Madoffs to come out of the box. Chrysler might go underwater, if not GM… Wow. Just writing about this is actually depressing me too… How did we get there? I think there is [...]
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