The Eye of The Storm Have you ever been in a hurricane? I have, and one of the strangest things about it is the phenomenon that happens right in the middle of the worst of the storm – the eye. You can walk outside and literally see the stars and the branches lying askew all [...]
Flying Is Inspiring For whatever reason when I find myself on a plane far above nowhere, I feel like the creative impulses become more uninhibited. It might simply be the fact that sitting in one place for so long allows the kind of self-reflection necessary for creativity, but I think instead it has something to [...]
America is a beautiful nation that gives you the freedom to sit on your chair, hold the device in your hand, and listen to your yuppie-like and defiantly-critical music. But lately it has become far too popular to throw stones, and to point to others for blame. Last week it was President Bush and The [...]
Here are my notes on a talk that I attended this weekend at Harvard Law. The talk, entitled Positive Psychology: The Science of Positive Potential, was given by Shawn Achor, an expert on “Happiness”…sounds like a pretty sweet job to me. The basic idea is that we can impact our own happiness with a few [...]
The Short-term Outlook is Dark. The unfortunate reality is that we are going to face tough economic times in the short term. Furthermore, certain “structural” factors in the credit markets have led me to believe that the market prices of assets (including most stocks) have more downside risk than upside potential in the short term. [...]
I have often said that I like to try to predict the future. This materializes most concretely in the area of investing – I think the core being an investor is literally attempting to predict how the world will look in the future. If your view is different from other people, and you are correct, [...]
The Reality: We are facing real challenges. I really hate to admit it, but I think there is more bad news on the horizon. The news coming out of the hedge fund industry is really troubling, and the issue with this industry’s challenges (like that of the banking industry) is that as these firms are forced [...]
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