September 2007
92 posts
“We like to think we know the world around us, after a fashion. One event...”
– William Gibson Spook Country Reviewed by Rick Kleffel
August 2007
29 posts
“I’m telling you right now, eBay is in serious trouble.”
– RussellBeattie.com
“Most financial media commentary on day-to-day stock and market movements is...”
– Paul Kedrosky: Financial Media Quote du Jour
NBC Will Not Renew ITunes Contract - New York... →
“NBC Universal, unable to come to an agreement with Apple on pricing, has decided not to renew its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on iTunes.”
Can I have some of whatever NBC is smoking?
“One of the golden rules of VIX mean reversion is that if mean reversion does not...”
– VIX and More: Echo Volatility, Day 10
“In other words, we’re seeing more herd like movement on the day time frame...”
– TraderFeed: Trading by Herd: What Makes This Market Distinctive
'Bin Laden' Options Trades Have Wall Street... →
Probably just noise and a little paranoia, but still interesting to think about.
Bespoke Investment Group: How Important Are The... →
“Even though many think that recent credit problems will be contained to the Financial sector, it’s important to note how important the sector is to the market as a whole.”
“If you are going to make money in this market you have to be flexible.”
– Alpha Trends: Video Stock Market Technical Analysis Review 8/29/07
Japan's Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future -... →
“Broadband service here is eight to 30 times as fast as in the United States — and considerably cheaper. Japan has the world’s fastest Internet connections, delivering more data at a lower cost than anywhere else, recent studies show.”
Inside DCSNet, the FBI's Nationwide Eavesdropping... →
“The FBI has quietly built a sophisticated, point-and-click surveillance system that performs instant wiretaps on almost any communications device, according to nearly a thousand pages of restricted documents newly released under the Freedom of Information Act.”
TraderFeed: Two Qualities of Successful Traders →
“The really fine traders turn themselves into objects of study. They never stop improving their trading, refining themselves.”
“These academics couldn’t understand the fact that they couldn’t beat the...”
– New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina - Housing - Insurance - Natural Disasters and Storms - Real Estate - New York Times
“In my scientific work, I have hunches. I can’t explain always why I think a...”
– Through Analysis, Gut Reaction Gains Credibility - New York Times
“Michael Vick…PUTZ. The good news is he found Jesus. The ESPN guys are skeptical...”
– Howard Lindzon » Michael Vick…PUTZ
“A truly effective model leads you to positions in trades that are not crowded.”
– A note on why quant investors may have been losing money
Always With the Crocs →
In Nature's Casino →
Extended article from Michael Lewis dealing with catastrophe and financial risk.
Volume 7, Issue 28 Dog Days of Summer →
http://www.spookcountry.co.uk/ →
“This blog discusses and analyses the new book Spook Country by cyberpunk author William Gibson, published in August 2007.”
“I also like that in just a couple of clicks I can set up a river of news that I...”
– Micro Persuasion: Identity Through Online Lifestreams
10 Ways to Buy Cheap DVDs →
“From bargain basement sites to used DVDs, there are a myriad of options. What follows is a quick guide to cheap DVDs online.”
Geek to Live: Instant, no-overhead blog with... →
“But the beauty of Tumblr is its simplicity; you spend no time futzing with CMS settings and very little time just posting stuff that’s interesting to you.”
Sunday links: literal free lunch →
“But there is something unseemly about watching the avatars of free-market...”
– Beware Bailouts: Financial Page: The New Yorker
“But beware: The repricing of risk is not finished.”
– My, How Fast Liquidity Disappeared - Forbes.com
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