August 2011
5 posts
“If you are a conservative investor like me [you are] 90-95 per cent invested in emerging markets” http://t.co/2pMxnLo
Internet driven deflation in action: Netflix has replaced Blockbuster. Turned $6bn revenues into just $2bn… http://t.co/kUOcjZb
Currency exchange marketplace helps increase SME profit margins http://t.co/l0ZJmUh #currencyfair
Good luck to the Swiss central bank in trying to hold down CHF. Wonder how long before it capitulates http://t.co/En9ZIdN
Apparently Oxford is keen to turn it’s brand into the next Prada http://t.co/KDSESIB
July 2011
1 post
CFA level 2 pass! One more to go….
February 2011
1 post
Peer-to-peer currency exchange puts users in control http://t.co/rAPAdVu via @springwise
December 2010
4 posts
RT @TCEurope MMC Ventures injects £1.5 million in online children’s wear retailer Alexandalexa http://bit.ly/f32Y5a
Keynes may be perennially popular, but Hayek has been closing the gap since 1995… http://bit.ly/dZOklH #Ngram #bookmentions
RT @cate_long: Success! Stocks up 17% since Bernanke disclosed QE2 Fail: Unemployment up to 9.8% from 9.6% http://bit.ly/gRGz2m
RT @ftalpha: UK to earn 440 million sterling on Ireland loan (it hopes) http://cot.ag/hE2hzr
November 2010
17 posts
RT @ratesetter: RateSetter has passed the 150 loans mark.
#p2plending #loan
OBR publishes revised growth forecasts, assumes fiscal multiplier is zero. Ie, impact of cuts on growth is zero. http://bit.ly/eqkn7W
An excellent piece from the Indie on Flight and the ritualized response to political taboos http://ind.pn/gWh9Ow
Cost of living rapidly outpacing wage growth, but being quietly ignored http://bit.ly/fHSEH1 #HelloStagflation
RT @Kabam_Games: Kabam grows its ranks and acquires WonderHill! Check out the exciting news from TechCrunch http://i.kabam.com/Wonderhill
RT @ratesetter: Great article in City AM this morning http://bit.ly/eZd20a#p2plending
Agreed @DanielMountford, @firstdirect don’t make beer, but if they did, it would probably be the best beer in the world.
My @ratesetter loan matched today - lent @ 3.4% for 1st month of rolling contract. Great web service http://bit.ly/etOsh7
€90bn bailout package for Ireland. Markets aren’t fooled a second time. Plz try harder Europe http://bit.ly/hfsrW8 #contagion
If you can’t be bothered with a million tedious Royal Wedding stories, just read these 10 quick summaries http://on.wsj.com/bKh6HS
Better a fool satisfied than Socrates dissatisfied? No thanks.
30% of Christian Aid funds are from government. To guilt firms into paying more tax seems a bit self-serving http://bit.ly/cpRaTU
World Bank president calls for use of gold in any new international monetary system http://bit.ly/9zv3XZ The barbarous relic is back…
RT @koxinga21: october labor report +151,000 jobs. #unemployment
Solve homelessness by simply giving rough sleepers cash. Cheaper for social services. Orwell would approve http://econ.st/cRjtdX
Great chart from FT to show what happened last time the Fed started pushing on string http://bit.ly/aySO6X #QE
Great Hardtalk with Dan Hannan http://bbc.in/aEjYxp
August 2010
15 posts
For those jealous of Chrome to Phone, try Chrome to iPhone. - almost as awesome http://bit.ly/cQ85LG #chrome #iphone
Independent MPs write to Gillard & Abbott requesting plans for more devolved parliamentary process http://bit.ly/aNb9YK #ausvotes
Bond managers coming back from holiday? Greek 10 yr treasuries back over 11%… $$
Hate that I’m most creative when I’m up against a deadline for something else. #procrastination
Perfect way to spend a Sat afternoon: pizza & Aus election too close to call, but Coalition edging ahead…. #ausvotes
Tony Abbott positions himself as the legitimate Australian leader - probably 1 seat ahead of Labour, but still 3 off majority
Honestly no bubble in China. Really. http://bit.ly/cg5uQi #ChinaBubble
RT @AlephBlog: I always wondered what the group noun was RT @ryanavent: “There goes an error of economists, migrating east for the facul …
“The Fed now has over a trillion dollars of mortgage-backed securities on its balance sheet” http://bit.ly/dn6UnN Staggering.
“That simple action would become self-fulfilling by means of a “negative feedback loop” or, in layman’s English, a vic… http://disq.us/k1clb
Economic reality is clearly too much for Paul Krugman http://bit.ly/aUeEXF #KrugmanGivesUp
“At some point the critics are going to get tired of being wrong” http://bit.ly/aUIYfu Elon Musk is awesome
I feel dirty for taking part in a viral marketing campaign, but this ad is too good not to share http://youtu.be/jqLPHrCQr2I #intel
Brilliant essay by Paul Graham on technology’s role on the acceleration of addictiveness http://bit.ly/bP84Q0
Of all asset classes, only commodities correlated with inflation. Even debt uncorrelated. Wonder why? #CAIArevisiontime
July 2010
4 posts
Brilliant way for newspapers to increase readership: change the way you report readers! http://bit.ly/ajyL7Z
RT @macroresilience: In crony capitalist system, stimulus (monetary or fiscal) flows to incumbent capitalists . Result: corp profits up …
CFA level one pass - whoo!
Finally finished reading about tedious REITs. Time for hedge funds. Awesome #CAIAstudytime
June 2010
18 posts
Great idea from @alephblog to replace Fed governors with value investors! http://bit.ly/b2as4i
Am I the only one deeply concerned about yet more power being centralized in the BoE? http://bit.ly/bcwPex
Ha - missed this the first time around. Very good http://youtu.be/Xed8eVUvm_E #techstar