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Economics

2024

Swimming in the Dark Pools. Musings on the Morals of Algo Trading.
·1041 words·5 mins
Markets Economics Quants AI Derivatives Options
TLDR> TLDR # I discovered the amazing world of algorithmic trading probably about 10 years ago. I was already enjoying the exploration of market dynamics, their correlation with human psyche, economic cycles, and companies hype/performance.

2013

The Zeitgeist Movie Series – My Take
·973 words·5 mins
Economics Money Review Utopia
Let me open by saying that these movies are a classic definition of Propaganda. They follow the tried and true model of massaging real facts to their own needs, and using strategic omissions or worse.

2010

Even better than Google’s 80/20 approach!
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Economics Scobleizer
YouTube> YouTube # Keeping this text here is required for the YouTube to display properly SMH
Annual Tax Time – My Take
·335 words·2 mins
Economics Google Politics
I have been working this weekend (not enough of it, granted) on organizing and preparing our household 2009 taxes for filing. There is plenty of time before April 15th deadline in United States, but I like to have breathing room as this process always takes way longer than one expects (and hopes).

2008

How To Kill Economy in One Easy Step!
·374 words·2 mins
Economics Singularity
Well, perhaps I exaggerate a bit. No, not about one step part, but about it being Easy. It is a little harder for regular folk like me and you.
Happy New Year!
·446 words·3 mins
Economics Personal Videos
Welcome to 2008! I am not into putting together "year end review" of 2007, like some other bloggers, and I especially don’t like all the posts on New Year Resolutions for 2008.