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by tinkerrr 11y ago
Correlation-causation. How do you know this is because Trump may become president?
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An Investment Case Study of Eastman Kodak (2013)(joshuakennon.com)
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
This is based on after-hours trading, where Alphabet is up 9%+ after an earnings beat. The marketcap that you see in Google Finance is calculated based on the price at the end of the trading day, not after-hours trading.
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
That important metric actually understates their sales due to the strength of the US Dollar this last year. On a constant-currency basis, it is about 15% higher. Just goes to show the 'real' results are even more impressive.
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What Are Your Odds of Becoming a Millionaire?(bloomberg.com)
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There was a discussion a couple of years ago around how ACH works. ACH is the dominant system of money transfer in the US and takes 2-5 business days on average for a transfer, compared to the real-time systems in many other countries. htt
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Uber Is Raising More Money from Rich People(bloombergview.com)
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
ProShares provides a convenient way to get short exposure to large Chinese stocks that trade in Hong Kong (you buy the ETF to get short exposure): http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=YXI
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
So you're saying a stagnant company in a stagnant industry that almost died should remain stagnant and not try anything risky at all? It's not wild speculation for GM. They most likely have ways to work together. It's unlikel
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Best and Worst Performing Assets of 2015(bloomberg.com)
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
Money? These drugs and the companies don't come cheap. Take Gilead for example, which created Harvoni/Sovaldi for treating Hep-C. It's currently valued at about $150B. Before the release, it was a quarter of the price, so the
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
Do you have a good source for this, or should be take every anonymous Quora answer with literally zero references as the authoritative source on a topic as complex as the economy? The comment is obviously flawed since it's trying to eq
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
To answer your question simply, yes, investors believe it will be hugely profitable in the future. That's the only reason to invest in any company that doesn't make a profit today. It is not as unreasonable as you might think. Loo
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
> In the third quarter of 2012, we signed an agreement to process credit and debit card payment transactions for all Starbucks-owned stores in the United States. The agreement was amended in August 2015 to eliminate the exclusivity provi
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
The best practice is for founders to vest at the same schedule as employees, so founder shares also vest at the same rate over 4 years. This is recommended by YC and many others, and most startups follow this. Founder shares do not vest out
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Air France Workers Rip Shirts from Top Managers in Jobs Protest(bloomberg.com)
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
>Historically, to the 1930s, stocks and bonds were inversely correlated Not true. In 1927, the correlation was around 0.18. The correlation was close to 0 in 1928 and it was 0.4 in 1929. >Only recently has that behavior not held true
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
I am sorry, I provided a research report in the link. I think it makes more sense to follow that rather than a person's word who traded commodities, commenting on bonds-stocks correlation for a decade without empirical data. The bottom
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
> It used to be the case that stocks, bonds and other commodities like gold has inverse correlations Where are you getting this information, on which the whole comment is based? It has always been very volatile and stocks and bonds have
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Here’s the best way to guess correctly on a multiple choice test(qz.com)
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Ignore Your Feelings(theatlantic.com)
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Multi-tasking: how to survive in the 21st century(ft.com)
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
Why is Bernie Sanders and exception to your rule?
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How Trump Invented Trump(bloomberg.com)
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Bitcoin Is Having an Identity Crisis(bloomberg.com)
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Google’s $6B Miscalculation on the EU(bloomberg.com)
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
Extortion predates Bitcoin
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
Are you sure about that? http://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wadd... http://www.theweeklings.com/wp-content/uploads/US-Military-B...
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by tinkerrr 11y ago
You mean the biggest internet names will no longer operate in almost any of the developed world?
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Chain to Become First Startup to Issue Private Shares on Bitcoin(coinsetter.com)
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