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Something Snazzy: February 2009
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A scenic walk into the future. Wednesday, February 04, 2009. Investment recommendation: buy stocks, sell bonds. Whenever you see anyone on TV or in the press offering free investment advice, three questions should come to your mind:. 1) What are they selling? 2) What is their past performance? 3) Why are they giving away free advice? Thirdly, I am giving this advice away for free as I have nothing to lose in doing so and everything to gain, in terms of reputation. As global equity markets become more and...
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Life After New York: July 2006
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Things are about to get interesting. Life After New York. Sunday, July 23, 2006. All the photos from the trip are here. Posted by Wesley Fogel at 3:12 PM. Monday, July 03, 2006. Furling of St George's Cross. A sad day for England was marked at the office today. After losing our World Cup quater-final clash with Portugal on the weekend, the flag of St George's Cross, that stood so proudly by Mike's desk, was furled to the tune of The Last Post. Posted by Wesley Fogel at 5:39 AM. View my complete profile.
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Something Snazzy: November 2008
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A scenic walk into the future. Monday, November 17, 2008. Greenspan's monster eats Goldman's BRICs. The business cycle, as we have so vociferously been reminded, is not dead. Not only is it alive, but it's now bigger and stronger than ever! For over a decade, it had become conventional wisdom to assume that rapid growth among the developing economies of,. Brazil, Russia, China and India (or BRICs. And up until the middle of this year everything was going according to plan. While it would be tempting to t...
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Life After New York: July 2007
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Things are about to get interesting. Life After New York. Saturday, July 14, 2007. Summer Holiday, Part 3: Milan. A week in Milan was easily the highlight of the summer holiday. We spent the first half in the city, visiting all the famous sites including The Duomo. For the second half we were by Lake Maggiore. For the wedding of Kyoko's friends Dario and Cristina. The setting could not have been any better. The food was excellent (the wedding cake must be seen to be believed! Us outside the Duomo. Where ...
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Life After New York: June 2008
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Things are about to get interesting. Life After New York. Thursday, June 19, 2008. My life after New York returned to New York, well New Jersey, last week when I saw the enthralling musical Jersey Boys. With my parents and Aunt and Uncle visiting from Australia (who broke all the rules and as our guests treated Kyoko and I. Would probably do well, not least because the generation of people who are most likely to want to hear it won't know how to download (yet! Below are some memories from the evening.
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Life After New York: January 2007
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Things are about to get interesting. Life After New York. Monday, January 01, 2007. New Year's Eve in Paris. Kyoko and I just spent 3 nights in Paris to ring in the New Year in style. Some very colourful memories are below, with some more here. Some more of my thoughts about Paris are here. Posted by Wesley Fogel at 12:38 PM. After 18 months in New York and 3 years in Tokyo I'm back home and working in London. London, London, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. My New York Minute.
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Something Snazzy: October 2007
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A scenic walk into the future. Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Manias, Panics and Greenspan. In case you were thinking of reading the memoirs of former US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, there are three things I can recommend:. 1) buy it;. 2) buy it on Amazon.com;. 3) also buy a copy of Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises. 1) greatly improving your understanding of how policymakers react to economic and financial market volatility;. 2) saving you some money;. One of the most...
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Something Snazzy: September 2011
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A scenic walk into the future. Friday, September 30, 2011. Watching Facebook 'co-founder' Mark Zuckerberg last week stand and explain to an audience his company's latest software developments at their annual f8 conference (in an odd attempt to imitate Steve Jobs unveiling the next iPhone), a thought came to my mind: has the purpose of Facebook changed so much from the original intent that its best years are now behind it? In theory yes, but in practice, maybe not. For social media (the way of meeting and...
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My New York Minute: July 2004
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My New York Minute. You give me a minute, I'll give you New York. Sunday, July 25, 2004. Posted by Wesley Fogel @ 6:29 PM. Friday, July 23, 2004. My boss took off for the weekend to go to a Comic-book convention. In San Diego. I wondered why he would travel all this way just to look at comics. Then I learned his wife (Tracy, who calls our office regularly each day) writes her own comics and has her own web-site called Traced. A comic-book writer and an economist. Hmm. Posted by Wesley Fogel @ 1:42 PM.
