5% Down Day

August 5, 2011

What a day.  5% to the downside. Europe is about to have a serious liquidity crisis.  Of course, in the words of the Alan Greenspan, liquidity is […]

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Short term bullish long term bearish

July 18, 2011

The risk in holding US Government bonds isn’t that you won’t get paid back. Of course you will. If the government doesn’t have the money to pay […]

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Buying Dollars

June 23, 2011

It appears that my dollar trade is finally ready to move significantly higher. It’s a three month trade, I think. Dollar could go at least 12% higher. […]

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Does Society Just Exist to Cater to the Affluent?

June 22, 2011

I wonder what percentage of the American economy exists to cater to the high net worth individual.  High end goods.  Accountants.  Lawyers.  Financial advice and products.

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App Mash-Ups

June 16, 2011

There need to be app mash-ups.  I remember in the mid aughts when site mash-ups were the thing.  Mix real estate sites with google maps, mash CRM […]

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The Information Age is Worthless

June 14, 2011

I think I might no longer be convinced that information is worth anything. I mean, by and large, information is worth nothing. Of course this isn’t completely […]

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Food Preservation

June 10, 2011

On Monday, my fiancée made salmon with sweet potatoes, zucchini cakes, and broccoli and carrots. It was delicious. Very nutritious as well. The only problem was I […]

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Ortsbo

May 23, 2011

A new service, Ortsbo, has been launched to translate instant messenger conversations in real-time. I have not used the service. I don’t know its quality or error […]

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Backtesting Performance Based on Revenue Per Employee

May 3, 2011

I am going to backtest an equal weight index of the top 500 companies over $500 million market cap ranked by revenue per employee.  I have a […]

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We’re gonna record EVERYTHING

April 25, 2011

What’s the best way to figure out the future or solve a problem? Draw on history. Draw on data. What’s the best way to access history and […]

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