An hour with Bill Gates
Interesting Charlie Rose video from last week, overlooked during the holidays: An hour with Bill Gates, founder and chairman of...
US Military Force Structure
One view of the force structure (UNCLASSIFIED), via a briefing originated at JFCOM. This briefing like others should be available from...
Has Financial Development Made the World Riskier?
As noted earlier this week (“No One Saw It Coming” — REALLY?), in August 2005, professor Raghuram G. Rajan presented a paper at...
Jay Walker: A library of human imagination
Jay Walker, curator of the Library of Human Imagination, conducts a surprising show-and-tell session highlighting a few of the intriguing...
Pile High the Stimulus
Alan Brinkley is one of the more prominent New Deal historians. And he’s joined the debate over the stimulus to counter some of the...
Risk Mismanagement & VaR
Terrific l o n g article in the Sunday Times Magazine by Joe Nocera, titled Risk Mismanagement. Its all about how Wall Street developed...
Global Manufacturing Collapse
I haven’t had a chance to comment on the ISM data, but a few charts are just about as much info as you need. Remember, 50 is the...
Looking Ahead: Madoff, Macworld, CES
The first full week of 2009 will be a busy one in the world of business and financial news, beginning with a House hearing into the...
2008: Annus Horribilis, RIP
I meant to take yet another Friday away from my writing, but as I am researching for next week’s annual prediction issue, there is...
S&P500 Performance, Volatility in 2008
via NYT > Source: Markets Limp Into 2009 After a Bruising Year VIKAS BAJAJ NYT, December 31, 2008...