When people see their time in terms of money, they often grow stingy with the former to maximise the latter.
Category: Off Topic
20
Oct
2017
06
Oct
2017
Weekend Reads: Dubai Blockchain Currency
The new “encrypted digital currency,” called emCash, will be based on the latest blockchain technology, Dubai’s economy department says in a statement, and will be usable through emPay, a wallet launched by Emcredit to support contactless payments.
25
Sep
2017
The Life of an Emerging Manager
Nobody will allocate to you until you have money, but you can’t get money until someone allocates to you.
19
Sep
2017
Remembering Futures Legend Les Rosenthal
For starters, he was one of the founders of the NFA, co-founder of clearing firm RCG, two-term chairperson of the CBOT, and had the vision to see the future of the futures industry was electronic trading.
15
Sep
2017
Weekend Reads: Risk Tolerance
Questions financial advisers ask clients to get at the answer actually measure something completely different—often leading to misguided investment strategies
08
Sep
2017
How Quants Forecast Hurricanes
Quants are everywhere. They run Wall St; they’re in Healthcare and Education. The rest ended up telling us when and where the hurricane will hit.
25
Aug
2017
Weekend Reads: The Debt Ceiling Explained
Once again the debt ceiling’s up for grabs. Everything you need to know—in cartoon form—about previous fiascos.
21
Aug
2017
What’s All the Fuss About Bitcoin Anyway?
Cryptology, decentralized ledger, theoretically tamper-proof? Before our imaginations run rampant, here’s our best attempt at explaining Bitcoin:
04
Aug
2017
Weekend Reads: The Dark Web
Tracking companies on the dark web also works well for investigations into pharmaceutical businesses, he said, adding his team would find “massive, thriving markets” for counterfeit goods in possible target companies. “We’ll then warn the hedge fund there’s no point in buying this brand as there has been an erosion of value.” Hedge funds turn […]
26
May
2017
Weekend Reads: Interest Rate Empire
Traders are jumping in and out of interest-rate futures as they speculate about Fed rate increases
