I’m walking through the hallway in Stern this morning, and I see this poster up on the wall: A poster for a Microsoft Windows Vista launch party… Stern is not the best place to advertise for a Vista launch party. We care about business, not about computers. A better place for this advertisement might have …
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Linux on Dell
This is very impressive. Dell recently launched a website where customers can give suggestions and feedback for their product. Apparently, they have received many requests for computers pre-loaded with Linux instead of Windows. If Dell starts selling computers with Linux it could be very significant to Microsoft, especially when Microsoft is trying to push its …
Risk, Risk, Risk… The Equity Risk Premium
The equity risk premium measures the extra return demanded by investors for choosing a risky asset over a riskless investment. First, a risk free asset is an investment that the investor knows the expected return with certainty. When the investor does not know what the expected return is, the investment is not risk free, and …
Thursday Thirteen: Thirteen Songs
Thirteen Songs at the top of my playlist (in no particular order) In a Little While – U2 With or Without You – U2 I wanna Love you – Akon Staring at the Sun – U2 Grey Street – Dave Matthews Band Big Eyed Fish – Dave Matthews Band When I Look at the World …
Mohegan Sun
My parents and I decided to go to the Mohegan Sun casino today. The place is huge… Much bigger than a typically Atlantic City casino. We stayed with the slot machines, I would have played some poker, I hadn’t had a chance to brush up on my card counting skills. Few years ago, I learned …
Book Review: Ugly Americans
“Ugly Americans” by Ben Mezrich does not go into details in how hedge funds made millions in Asian markets. You won’t learn anything new from reading this book. It is a thriller and you should read it for fun. Regardless, this book is a fresh mixture of Liar’s Poker, Wall Street, and Monkey Business. The …
Thursday Thirteen: Things I am greatful for
Thirteen Things I am greatful for Finally getting some snow on the ground New phone The ability to take pictures with my phone… They will be posted online once I can figure out how to transfer them Learning Corp Fin and Equity Valuation from Damodaran Great friends, old and new ones Being able to go …
Fortune Cookies
Most of the time the fortune cookie fortune is really pointless and common sense. However occasionally you get some really good ones. The last real good one that I got was last year around spring break; I don’t remember the exact wording of it, but it basically it was along the lines of “Take a …
Snow!
It is finally snowing! and what’s more, its sticking to the ground! YAY! not the best image, but it gets the point across
New York Board of Trade
Last Thursday, IAG hosted a trip to the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). We got a chance to walk around the floor of the exchange, something not a lot of people get a chance to do. What’s more, we watched the closing of the cotton market. The last five minutes of trading were very …