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    2011-09-30

    Skyhooks versus Cranes

    http://chartercities.org/blog/72/skyhooks-versus-cranes-the-nobel-prize-for-elinor-ostrom

    Paul Romer made a very good point by pointing out: One of the central challenges in understanding failures of economic development is that in many places, police officers don’t follow the rules they are meant to enforce. 


    This is what is happening in China now. We have everything figured out, and the only problem seems to be that  no one bothers to do those righteous things.

    2011-09-27

    The power of twitter

    如果你不在Wall Street,意味着信息劣势,但现在这些都随着twitter有所好转。在今天10:20AM(美国时间),RIMM的股价开始突然攀升,要么是有正面消息,要么是有大笔买入,后一种可能随着股价的维持高位而淡出。虽然我持有RIMM也是基于M&A的可能性,不过这一猜测还没有得到验证。

    在twitter上,大概10:25AM开始出现消息是由于Icahn入股(不知道他们是从什么渠道得到的消息),而正式的渠道呢?Forbes,10:48AM,WSJ blog,10:53AM...

    最近看的三部不错的电影

    Paths of Glory

    库布里克导演,柯克道格拉斯主演。场景,剧情和其中的黑色幽默有点类似Dr. Strangelove。这是我看的第一部柯克道格拉斯主演的电影,不得不说,麦克道格拉斯简直就是他父亲的翻版,尤其是说话的神情和语调。

    The Great Debaters

    一部有关美国种族歧视的纪录片,两个主演Denzel Washington和Forest Whitaker不错。

    The Insider

    基于真实故事改编的一部有关新闻自由和美国烟草业的剧情片。和第二部一样,Al Pacino和Russell Crowe的演技非常出色,尤其是Russell Crowe饰演的角色和他本身差异较大,能演好实在不易。

    2011-09-17

    Poor Kweku Adoboli

    Maybe my quick bucks had his contribution.. Anyway, in forex market, as Bill Lipschultz said, the most important thing is to ``stay in the market."

    Memory....


    Not a day goes by I don't feel regret, and not because I'm in here or because you think I should. I look back on myself the way I was...stupid kid who did that terrible crime...wish I could talk sense to him. Tell him how things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone, this old man is all that's left, and I have to live with that. 

    --- Red,  the Shawshank Redemption

    I was reviewing the draft posts just now. Saw an unfinished post written three years ago. I talked about prime numbers and its extension in other scientific areas, based on my reading of the book "The music of the primes" by Marcus du Sautoy.

    I was buried in books right then. Could probably check out 300+ books each year. Once found an interesting book with some positive online reviews, I would rush to the library to check it out. I usually couldn't finish the whole book, but it just took me 2-3 days to finish 30-50% of the book so I could come to a rough conclusion.

    The time's long gone. I can't remember the last time I picked up a book and enjoyed the fun of reading. And do I have to live with that?

    Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
    --- Andy,  the Shawshank Redemption



    OM-Finance Interface

    前一段被热炒的中国概念股在美国和香港被做空的消息,如果把Sino-forest看成这轮beta creating的loss leader,这个是不是也能归为OM-finance interface的研究问题

    2011-09-06

    Black Swan...

    EUR and CHF pegged.. And I watched EUR/USD jumped from 1.41 to nearly 1.43 in a few seconds. Luckily, I made a few quick bucks from the extreme volatility instead of being killed.