Saturday, October 01, 2011

Why "black swans" and "fat tails" happen more often than expected

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The more system dynamics are repressed, the more likely it becomes that "improbable" events occur and "highly probable" ...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Anatomy of a Hedge Fund

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Last year, John Paulson, a hedge fund manager, made $5 billion dollars. There was a great deal of damage control on this news, including by ...
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Christine Lagarde's alter ego

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Viewers of ITV's Dickinson's Real Deal will have been struck by the similarity between Chelsea antiques dealer and former drag queen...
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Monday, September 26, 2011

Solar Flare Warning - world leaders go into hiding?

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Ian Parker-Joseph relays news of a strong electromagnetic sunstorm that could potentially have catastrophic effects on our interconnected, ...
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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Humour: how the stockmarket works

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CityUnslicker reproduces the following story; the earliest version online I can find is from 1st February 2001 , but that references "...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

The US' credit rating, the peril of interest rates and the need for wholesale reform

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As you know, S&P downgraded the US' credit rating to AA+ last month . That's still a lot better than most countries in this f...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Tax-free inflation-protected deposit scheme (UK) still available!

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Now that NS&I has withdrawn inflation-linked Savings Certificates, the Mail on Sunday looks around for alternatives. I'll give the...