Rockonomics Rocks!
Interesting article on the economics of music, from Princeton economist Alan Krueger, via Slate. "In recent years, economists have...
Turtle Rules: Discipline and Consistency in Trading
One of my favorite books to recommend to newbie investors is Jack Schwagers Market Wizards. The reaction after reading it is invariably...
IPO=INITIAL PATHETIC OFFERING
Slate columnist Dan Gross has a new "Moneyblog." I particularly liked his post on IPOs: Ever go to a Tower Record store, flip...
The Math Gets Even Worse for the RIAA
Thanks to an announcement by Yahoo!, our Tuesday Tunesfest spills over into Wednesday: Back in February, we looked at what the actual...
Smackdown! Carnegie Mellon Prof v. RIAA
We have previously noted the absurdity of the RIAA making moral arguments against "piracy." It pleased us immensely to see...
Bertelsmann to Acquire Columbia House
Funny, for a business that many people think is dead, we see both an IPO and a Merger in the same week ! AP is reporting that German...
E*-Ameritrade? Why Bother
Merging these two firms together makes very little sense to me. Why? They are 2 players in a commodity business, engaged in a 5-way price...
“Drop the money-losing hobby”
We’ve had a few cynical comments on the GM / Kerkorian affaire. John Mauldin has an interesting and opposing take. Its worth seeing...
Billboard is adapting
"The [Music] business no longer revolves around record labels as much as it once did."-Tamara Conniff, Billboard executive...
New Coke vs Time Magazine Marketing Blunders
> April 23rd 1985: Coca Cola introduces New Coke, the world’s greatest marketing disaster of all time. April 25, 2005 Vol. 165...