Can Turtles Fly?

David Armano's Interpretation of Chris Anderson's Free Model (source: Graphic by David Armano of Logic+Emotion ) The Globe & Mail conducted a short interview with Chris Anderson , the editor of Wired magazine and a technology visionary from America, and I thought I would quote some of his thoughts and inject my opinion. I have always had high regard for Chris Anderson. One of the reasons I like listening to him is because he is good at synthesizing business, technology, and science, while presenting it in an easy-to-understand manner. For instance, I really like how he takes advances in technology and tries to explain the impact on business models. There are many, especially those who come from a business background, who attempt to do the same thing but end up failing (in my eyes) because they don't understand science or technology. In contrast, Anderson was educated in physics and apparently wrote for Nature and The Scientist , as well as The Economist . Anderson...

At the start of the year, the bond market and the stock market were pointing in different directions. Bonds were forecasting high defaults and economic malaise, while stocks were more subdued. So far the stock market has been right. Will the year finish that way? Something to think about... Some articles for you to check out, in no particular order... (Recommended) Interview with Paul Sonkin (Street Capitalist): Tariq Ali at Street Capitalist does a good job interviewing Paul Sonkin. Don't know much about Sonkin but he tends to specialize in small-cap and micro-cap stocks so anyone who likes tiny companies should check out the interview. More than 150 banks at dangerous loan loss levels (Bloomberg): The question is whether this is the peak or not. I think the stock market is pricing in the loss rates as the peak. If we have hit the peak, things will look bleak but should improve over the next 5 years. But if it is not the peak, watch out... Battle over fair-value accounting cont...