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Archive for June, 2009

George Soros On Regulation, Reminbi And Others

Learn from Mr. Soros’ wisdom while we can:


What’s So Good About Shorting

China’s Central Bank’s release of the Financial Stability Report 2008 points out why short-selling is something good for all markets. 1, its price discovery function; 2, it improves market liquidity; 3, it provides another tool of hedging risk (open to debate). You can download the report here (it’s 42.5MB! and in Chinese).


Count Your Blessings

This is really old but hilarious. God bless you and god bless America.


Kicking S

In the competitive world of journalism, grand names mean better sources and better accessibility. But that’s not always true. In this case, Reuters kicked the New York Times‘ S – the NYT asked a question that Reuters answered almost one month ago. You wonder how could NYT run a story so poorly informed? It also [...]


Prince Alwaleed’s Tips For Staying Rich And Fit

Large colorful photos of 55-year-old Prince Alwaleed poses with black and white horses, dealbreaker posts.


How I Learned MJ’s News

June 25, 2009 5ish PM: read on twitter breaking_news that MJ is in hospital 6ish PM: heard a guy saying “apparently MJ is dead, Pete just sent me a message” on way to subway around Union Square. Thought he got it wrong. MJ is in hospital, not dead! 6ish PM: in mall. A friend called [...]


Bill Gates Doing the Rambling

Learn from this video what questions you should not ask: Embedded video from CNNMoney.com Video


The Dreamer Who Lost His Dream

Just finished Peterson’s book. See here a quick takeaway.