Outsourcing Pregnancies to India…
Every night in this quiet western Indian city, 15 pregnant women prepare for sleep in the spacious house they share, ascending the stairs in a procession of ballooned bellies, to bedrooms that become a...
View ArticleEmotions and investing don’t mix
Traditionally and even in some macroeconomics courses, it is said that individuals act rationally and consider all known information in the decision-making process. Traders today know this is not true....
View ArticleExternalities and Society
Well I was reading this article the other day by a Harvard economics professor writing about a woman who after taking a job paying $10000 more, wound up with much less disposable cash. The author goes...
View ArticleFamily Day To Be Celebrated Every Third Monday Of February
Ok, so we have a new statutory holiday, and it’s called family day. With Monday being the first ever official family day, I thought I would write a post about it. For people that missed the memo and...
View ArticleWeb 2.0, the good, the bad…the ugly
For a long time, I thought that democracies and using the ideas of the masses was the way to go. I thought that Reddit.com, Digg and Delicious were the new leaders of the internet. That by leveraging...
View ArticleNo time in time square
So after a near miss with my luggage almost ending up in Miami. (got it delivered to the hotel, same day … amazing what first class does) I ended up in what I must say is the most luxurious hotel I...
View ArticleGlobal Meltdown…in 2008…Really?
Ever since the slide in February from the China price shock, I have probably been one of the most bearish people on the US and their trading partners. I have gone long in a few instances since then,...
View ArticleWii success or failure?
Despite the massive adoption of the Nintendo Wii and huge fan fare did Nintendo hit a home run or set themselves up for a fall? Current culmulative sales are as follows: Nintendo Wii – 19 million Xbox...
View ArticleNew Direction
Ok, Due to overwhelming response from the four people that I work with, I will begin posting on my site again. Topics will range from general Lifehacks, Protips, and random investment advice I may or...
View ArticleHow to get Pandora, Hulu, NetFlix (good one), BBC in Canada…
So some Canadians remember a time before the CFTC banned the use of foreign media outlets in Canada who did not comply with certain french requirements. Some other media outlets also closed up shop due...
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