December 2008
32 posts
SSRN-Is a Higher Calling Enough? Incentive... →
Moods 'spread like ripples through friends' say... →
Yale University Investments Office →
Low Mortgage Rates to Spur New Wave of Defaults →
Mr Mortgage is a 20-year mortgage banking veteran, specializing in wholesale and correspondent sales and sales/operations management and bringing financial institutions into new lending markets….
Taste for Makers →
Paul Kedrosky: Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of... →
I really wish I had him as Prof next semester.
100 Best (free online) Books For an Education →
“Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished.”
– Tai T’ung, History of Chinese Writing
Alice Schroeder on Why Warren Buffett Is Special... →
Hear insights from Alice Schroeder on the traits that make Buffett great, including a case study not included in her book on Buffett:
Annals of Education: Most Likely to Succeed:... →
Charlotte Higgins says one of the most interesting... →
FORA.tv - Videos Covering Today's Top Social,... →
designboom web site →
Is It Better to Buy or Rent? - NYTimes.com →
Fantastic utility. Helps explain the decisions behind purchasing the last few years — it’s tough to find a scenario where renting is the better alternative when everyone thinks home price appreciation will continue at 10+% every year.
Watch“This is the best time ever to be someone that’s curious.” - Bill Gates; I concur.
“The zeitgeist is changing at least temporarily—nudged by moral outrage—towards...”
– Josh Wolfe, Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Blog
XBRL: Mashing up Financial Statements →
Amid the dark days on Wall Street and in global markets, it seems to be up to technology to step up and deliver solid analysis and rational scrutiny. The US market regulator, the Securities…
Brands, social, clutter and the sundae →
Shared by Kyle
This is incredibly spot on.
The Times reports that traditional brand advertising on Facebook is a total failure. If you’ve been doing this for a while, this is no real surprise.
Cargo Cult Science →
What investors can learn from Physicist Richard... →
Year In Ideas 2008 - Interactive Feature -... →
FORA.tv - Philip Zimbardo: The Time Paradox →
Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders →
“Chance favors the prepared mind”
– Louis Pasteur
Stanford Search Fund Resource Site →
Leucadia's Unmined Potential - Barrons.com →
“Fitch Ratings forecasts that the United States economy will contract 1.2 percent...”
– In Hard Times, Is Best Buy’s Best Good Enough? - NYTimes.com
Wait… so you’re telling me the NY Times is using an economic outlook from Fitch Ratings, one of the companies that is partially responsible for us being in this mess because it pretended to know what structured credit risk...
Top 5 Hacks for Intelligent Investors →
Edge Master Class 2008: A SHORT COURSE IN... →