MiB: Paul Wilmott on Trouble with Quants
When you create a quadrillion dollars out of thin air, and then blow it up, you have a problem. So says Paul Wilmott, a quantitative...
10 Weekend Reads
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of peaberry coffee, grab a seat on the couch, and get ready for our longer form weekend reads:...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 10.13.17
Succinct Summations for the week ending October 13th, 2017 Positives: 1. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Russell 2000...
“Unprecedented” Trump Rally Lags Rest of the World,...
There’s Lots of Precedent for the Trump Rally Market gains since Election Day have been nothing out of the ordinary. Bloomberg,...
U.S. Interstate Highways, as a Transit Map
I think about the Interstate Highway System every time I write about any infrastructure issue . . . Source: Visual Capitalist...
10 Friday the 13th AM Reads
My triskaidekaphobia morning train reads: • Jack Dorsey returned to Twitter two years ago — but he still hasn’t saved the company...
1964 Jaguar E-Type Roadster
Sure, you can complain about reliability, electrical system, transmission issues, etc. But there has never been a more beautiful, iconic,...
Hash Power: Blockchains & Cryptocurrencices
Patrick O’Shaugnessy of OSAM did a masterful job tackling a single and deeply complex subject: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency:...
Vanguard is About Much More than Low Costs
Understanding What Makes Vanguard So Successful Low costs help, but that’s only part of the explanation. Bloomberg, October 12,...