Its Good To Be Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis has produced to of my favourite finance related books (Liars Poker and The Big Short) albeit decades apart. This profile piece from New York magazine gives a bit of background to him.
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Why Are We Not Surprised.
Apparently Greece that wonderfully run little third world country in the Mediterranean that is causing the rest of Europe heartburn with its institutionalised dishonesty may miss all of its targets. For an entertaining short piece on how Greece’s level of dishonesty could have been spotted see the always interesting Tim Harford
Rogues Traders Versus Rogue Banks
Excellent piece from the Washington Post on the failure of management in the cases of rogue traders. As history teaches us, there are no rogue traders; there are only rogue banks. Here’s a news flash: If you issue credit, your working assumption must be that there are unqualified people who will try to borrow money…
Oh How We Laughed
Here at peanut central we get our fair share of emails from peanuts, as an example of which I offer the email below – Sorry to bother you again but this is so important you have know idea I have been so focussed on 2011 and a half I lost sight of the big picture…
Oh How We Laughed
Here at peanut central we get our fair share of emails from peanuts, as an example of which I offer the email below – Sorry to bother you again but this is so important you have know idea I have been so focussed on 2011 and a half I lost sight of the big picture…
Rogues Traders Versus Rogue Banks
Excellent piece from the Washington Post on the failure of management in the cases of rogue traders. As history teaches us, there are no rogue traders; there are only rogue banks. Here’s a news flash: If you issue credit, your working assumption must be that there are unqualified people who will try to borrow money…
This Is Fu#$ed Up
Here is a young man who is clearly better than his peers being penalised for being better. Like Jimerson, Hill attended Wilson Intermediate School and dominated the football field so thoroughly, the league invoked what came to be known as the Madre Hill Rule. Once Hill scored three touchdowns, if his team had a 14-point…
This Is Fu#$ed Up
Here is a young man who is clearly better than his peers being penalised for being better. Like Jimerson, Hill attended Wilson Intermediate School and dominated the football field so thoroughly, the league invoked what came to be known as the Madre Hill Rule. Once Hill scored three touchdowns, if his team had a 14-point…
I Love A Good Disaster Film
More predictions of doom and gloom in Greece. The interesting thing about Greece is that that this is not the first time Greece has caused problems. On a more pragmatic note this to me is a simple trading question – a loss exists and various governments and banks are prevaricating about taking this loss. Many…
I Love A Good Disaster Film
More predictions of doom and gloom in Greece. The interesting thing about Greece is that that this is not the first time Greece has caused problems. On a more pragmatic note this to me is a simple trading question – a loss exists and various governments and banks are prevaricating about taking this loss. Many…
Really………WTF Is The Issue?
I have been reading some of the commentary about this particular interview with so called trader Alessio Rastani. Much has been said about the veracity of this interview whether it was legitimate or a well crafted hoax. Irrespective of any of this the commentary around it has been somewhat hysterical and completely misses the point. The…
Rogue Hormones
IF THE losses at UBS that surfaced this month were caused by a “rogue” trader, would that make his colleagues stable? Not if research being undertaken by John Coates, a neuroscientist at Cambridge University and a former derivatives trader, is anything to go by. His work suggests that hormones drive investment decisions to a far…
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