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Foundation Blocks of Modern Finance vs 2009

Posted by on Sunday, August 2, 2009 at 11:14 am. 4 Comments.

Tweet Ran into this 2004 economics paper referenced by Wayne Marr on twitter. Several quotes that jumped out at me for a variety of reasons. All economics links added by me. “The foundation blocks of standard finance were now in place, supporting one another.  Investors are rational, prices are efficient, risk is measured by beta [...]

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Yammer – can we have an emergency preparedness option?

Posted by on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 11:29 am. 1 Comment.

Tweet I posted previously on Yammer. That it was a big help for us during Hurricane Ike in 2008 in Houston. During the hurricane the ONLY thing that worked was text on the cell phone. No voice. No data plans on the cell. No land lines. Certainly no cable or dish or regular TV. Radio [...]

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