Sunday Spectacle CXI
Mobile Operating System Lifespans (source: " The lives and deaths of mobile platforms ," Asymco.com, February 19, 2011, 2:44PM)
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Some articles for the weekend
Some of these articles are really old—in general, don't always assume I post current articles since I have a habit of reading old ones—but think some of you may find them interesting. (Highly Recommended) GuruFocus interviews Bruce Greewald (GuruFocus): Some people don't like Bruce Greenwald, professor of finance and asset management at Columbia University, but I'm a fan of him (although I don't really use his methodologies). (Recommended) Book Excerpt/Adaptation - The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do (The New York Times): Adapted from a book by Eduardo Porter, this article provides a look at a modern problem, the spectacular rise of incomes at the top (whether in sports, entertainment, or business). One theory cited appears to explain what may have happened: " Nearly 30 years ago, Sherwin Rosen, an economist from the University of Chicago, proposed an elegant theory to explain the general pattern. In an article entitled “The E...
Is the current infatuation with short-term investing something new? Do the stock exchanges favour the short-term investors?
Jason Zweig wrote an interesting article for his Intelligent Investor column at The Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago. The topic dealt with two pertinent, intertwined, issues that have been raised of late. The first issue has to do with whether the recent popularity of short-term trading (high-frequency trading for instance) is something unique in history. The other issue is whether the stock exchanges favour those high-frequency traders (or others like them). If this topic interests you, I recommend that you read his full article instead of my select quotations below.
Sunday Spectacle CX
Highest R&D Spenders "Most Innovative" (according to survey) (source: " The Global Innovation 1000: How the Top Innovators Keep Winning ," by Barry Jaruzelski and Kevin Dehoff, Booz & Company. Strategy+Business, Winter 2010, Issue 61, November 3, 2010.) Highest spenders aren't necessarily the most successful innovators. A good example is Nokia.
Sunday Spectacle CIX
A day late for the Sunday Spectacle... Sorry about the lack of posts... I've been trying to get my dating life going and that's consuming a great deal of time, with no luck so far :( ... wish me luck... For now, something on the oil market... (source: " WTI v Brent ," The Globe & Mail, February 14, 2011)
