Category Archives: Stock Market
Wall Street & Trading
I just finished Karen Ho’s “Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street”. It tied together various experiences I had daytrading from 1998-2002 and 2006-2007 and the recruitment sessions that big banks and consulting companies would have for Georgetown Master’s students. Some … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Economics, Education, Stock Market
State of the Nation After 9/11/09
Oh man, where to begin. I think I’ve been a little frustrated lately because I haven’t written in a while. So let’s get it out there so I can move on. National Tea Party, 9/12 This last Saturday was the … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, Education, Globalization, Government, Policy, Politics, Security, Stock Market
Surpluses and Shortages
I’m moving out of my Georgetown rowhouse and just started my job, so I’ve been a little busy and haven’t been able to write much. That’s one reason Twitter is so great — I’ve been able to just send some … Continue reading
Filed under Anthropology, Business, Economics, Education, Globalization, Government, Internet, Policy, Politics, Stock Market, Tech
Casualties of Stock Market Warfare
A friend of mine linked to a blog post from Ivan Krstić about a massive short squeeze on Volkswagen stock back in October of 2008. Ivan does a great job of explaining what happened (so read that first), but I … Continue reading
Filed under Anthropology, Business, Globalization, Stock Market
Interesting Economic Datapoints
So I’m done with this semester and I was just watching C-SPAN2, which was covering the Senate vote on the automaker bailout. The vote failed 52-35 or so. Dow futures were down -325 around the time of the vote. I … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Economics, Energy, Foreign, Globalization, Government, Policy, Politics, Stock Market, War
Optimism
So the G7 is meeting up with Dubya this weekend and so far nothing substantial has been announced. These people are useless. Dubya gets wheeled out to give a clueless speech that inspires no confidence. If anything, it encourages fear. … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Communications, Economics, Internet, Policy, Stock Market, Tech, Web
Amazon as an Investment
Back in 1999 I bought a lot of AMD on the basis of their developing a chip, popular among overclockers and DIY builders, that would be superior to Intel’s. The market hadn’t picked up on this superior product yet. Later, … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Internet, Stock Market, Tech, Web
Sept. 29, 2008
Today there was a crowd of people watching the TV screen in the library lobby watching the market panic plummet while the vote failed. I missed most of the good trades because I had class today. I traded a little … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Economics, Policy, Stock Market
Still Waiting on the Bailout Deal
It’s Saturday night and I think the political leaders are currently meeting right now in DC regarding the bailout proposals. I’m guessing that tomorrow night (Sunday) is the key time to see if any deal will be announced. I can’t … Continue reading
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The Government Finally Gets Serious
I almost fell out of my chair yesterday while reading for class. I luckily had CNBC on and they announced that Hank Paulson was talking to Congress about a big move to save the markets, using Congress’s unlimited balance sheet, … Continue reading
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