Should You?
The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving A F*ck – Sarah Knight
Ethics
This is a bit of a Sunday morning tea and toast ramble, so if you have something more important to do like catch up on Housewives of Melbourne aka Slappers of Bleak City or you are you are wondering what happened in the latest episode of My Kitchen Dickheads I suggest you pop off now. I…
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Metaphors
Trading is an arena that is rife with metaphors. Every so often some taking head or idiot broker will trot out Rothchilds remark about not buying until there is blood in the streets. Or you will be told to buy Sun Tze Art of War. If they are slightly better educated (doubtful) they might mention…
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Economists
I has completely forgotten about this. Click on the pic to be taken to a great little time waster.
The Coming Extinction of the Video Store Clerk
A profound failure of an industry to adapt – click the image below for the full story. For a good look at the role adaption plays in corporate life I would recommend Tim Harfords book Adapt. More here – The Wall Street Journal
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The Tide Turns
FOR decades looking after other people’s money has been a lucrative business. Profit margins in the asset-management industry were 39% in 2014, according to BCG, a consultancy, compared with 8% in consumer goods and 20% in pharmaceuticals. The industry’s global profits in 2014 were an estimated $102 billion, allowing firms to pay those picking stocks…
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