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Google Android Chief Andy Rubin Steps Aside(online.wsj.com)
2 points by jakarta 14y ago|0 comments
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Apple Testing Watch-Like Device(online.wsj.com)
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by jakarta 14y ago
Your argument is pretty flawed. On an ev/ ebitda basis zip car traded close to rental peers pre acquisition, 12x for zip versus 10x for Avis which had a mature business. Zip spends 25% of sales on capex which inflates D&A making net inc
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by jakarta 14y ago
Options Volatility by Natenberg is much better: http://www.amazon.com/Option-Volatility-Pricing-Strategies-T...
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Be persuasive. Be brave. Be arrested (if necessary)(nature.com)
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by jakarta 14y ago
You have to consider the risk/illiquidity that's taken on to achieve that return. It's my understanding that VC works in a manner similar to PE, where investors are given their returns when the entire fund they invest in is run down. Each f
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by jakarta 14y ago
I don't think Fred's investors want to be sinking money in renewable energy. If you look at the returns to that asset class, they've been pretty bad. It's great to do big things and change the world, but the pension funds backing Fred want
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Saving Private RIM(mondaynote.com)
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by jakarta 14y ago
Direct link to article: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/06/atul-...
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by jakarta 14y ago
Does it really matter if you have a 1% or 3% rate on your bank account? At the end of it, because of the inflation rate, you still have a negative real rate for deposits which would promote investing elsewhere (like apartments). I don't see
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Yahoo CEO Thompson to Step Down(allthingsd.com)
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Apple Reports Second Quarter Results(sec.gov)
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by jakarta 15y ago
Buffett has called Henry Singleton the greatest capital allocator of all time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Earl_Singleton Basically, the Singleton model was to focus on the long term on building his company Teledyne (started out bu
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Facebook's IPO Filing(sec.gov)
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When Mark Zuckerberg Met Don Graham: A Facebook Love Story(online.wsj.com)
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Twitter of Terror: Somalia’s al-Shabaab's social media strategy for militants(slate.com)
1 points by jakarta 15y ago|0 comments
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by jakarta 15y ago
I was reading a great investing book this weekend which mentioned that companies seldom stay leaders if they only dominate in one discipline. The author cited technology companies and how sometimes a great engineering culture simply isn't e
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by jakarta 15y ago
In Houston there's Studio Movie Grill in City Center which offers a similar concept but more targeted to families/a bit more "corporate". I haven't been myself (since I like Alamo just fine and only go with friends) but you might want to ch
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by jakarta 15y ago
I'm a big fan of Alamo Drafthouse as well. I think their model really brings back a sort of "event" feeling to going to the movies which helps differentiate away from going to an ordinary theater or watching at home.
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by jakarta 15y ago
Stratfor does geopolitical risk consulting. It's sort of a weird field, I work for a hedge fund so I know that some people do hire these guys / subscribe to their research. Personally, I think a lot of geopolitical risk analysis work is kin
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by jakarta 15y ago
I do this all the time. I spent a summer working in NYC and used to visit Strand Books pretty frequently (at least once a week). Stand has an interesting model because the downstairs is filled with used books. I'd regularly do a price compa
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by jakarta 15y ago
Yeah, the supply chain took a pretty decent hit with Western Digital (they make about a third of the market's HDs and are saying production will be 50% lower than usual on their end). Supply / demand is pretty slanted and it will take proba
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by jakarta 15y ago
I tried Duck Duck Go a bit today, switching it as my default search engine for chrome. I liked the search results, they definitely seemed better -- but the major feature it lacked was being able to get instant results right in the search ba
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by jakarta 15y ago
I think it can make sense in specific cases. For example: I live in Boston and a bunch of people don't have cars. If you don't have a delivery service in your building to take and store your packages, they can be left right outside the door
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YouTube Founders Revamping a Site for Link Sharing(nytimes.com)
37 points by jakarta 15y ago|5 comments
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by jakarta 15y ago
Analysts at bank tend to be too short term focused. That's pretty much it. It's next to impossible to figure out how things are going to change in just 3 months, but analysts tailor their estimates and reports to arrive at where stocks will
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by jakarta 15y ago
Those are referred to as Chaebols in Korea, in Japan they're called Keiretsu (pre WWI these were Zaibatsu). I think the family ownership involved in the Chaebols somewhat helps them remain innovative. You have a centralized force that can g
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by jakarta 15y ago
I don't know where you live, but I've had a lot of good luck finding nice libraries. When I spent a summer working in NYC, the SIBL library was just awesome in terms of facilities, hermann miller chairs, etc. In Boston there's a few good on
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In Internet Age, Postal Service Struggles to Stay Solvent, and Relevant(nytimes.com)
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by jakarta 15y ago
Not to quibble, but I would say that using SRS and SKF doesn't really qualify as using "complex derivatives" to bet against the market. For most investors there really wasn't an optimal way to do this, using ultra-short ETFs carried a lot o

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