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To be honest, my first computer was a Timex Sinclair. The Sinclair had a little membrane keypad and used a tape recorder to load programs. That was back in the very early 80’s and almost didn’t count. (Note, however, that I am not amazed anymore at what people do on the Internet anymore…there are a ton […]
Written by randomfool on March 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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Since the advent of securitization as a widely available financing tool to finance mortgages, the industry that was created around it has experienced a wild boom and bust cycle. The boom of the early to mid 1990s was followed by a miserable bust, just as the dot com industry was beginning to overheat, in the late […]
Written by randomfool on March 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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I love a good business story and, among industries, I love stories about the airlines or about airplane manufacturing. I usually flip right to any airlne, Airbus or Boeing story in each issue of the Wall Street Journal or in BusinessWeek. So, when I saw a review of Boeing versus Airbus by John Newhouse in BusinessWeek […]
Written by randomfool on February 25th, 2007 with no comments.
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A recent article in BusinessWeek highlights my fascination with randomness and my frustration with how to harness it for my own trading strategy.
Written by randomfool on January 23rd, 2007 with 1 comment.
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My primary business magazines are starting to lose my interest. Thankfully, a profile of the fight between the two leading advocacy groups for the blind over the size of dollar bills in this week’s FORTUNE magazine was enough to grab my attention while supervising my 4-year-old’s bath.
Written by randomfool on January 17th, 2007 with no comments.
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Barney Frank should stop worrying about stockholders who are just fine, thank you, and worry about fixing the big, stupid corporation that he works for.
Written by randomfool on January 15th, 2007 with no comments.
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