Category Archives: Video

Weekend Lecture: Bend, Not Break – Ping Fu

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

This is a great story! CEO of GeoMagic Ping Fu discusses her book – “Bend not Break: A Life in Two Worlds” with Google’s Chade-Meng Tan. *********************************************************** (click here if video is not observable)

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Happy Birthday, JR

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

One of our heroes and favorite Bruin. (click here if video is not observable)

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Tech More Than An “Alternative Virtual Universe” – P. Thiel

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

Peter Thiel, one of favorite billionaire, venture capitalist, and hedge fund managers, really nails the future and raison d’etre  of technology, in our opinion.  Recall his famous line,  “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”    Amen to that! … Continue reading →

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Crisis, Contagion, and the Need for a New Paradigm

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

In his lecture at the Latsis Symposium 2012 “Economics on the Move” in Zurich,  Nobel Laureate Joe Stiglitz nails the fundamental problem and crisis of modern macroeconomics, which failed to predict the financial crisis. If you say…what is good science … Continue reading →

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Weekend Lecture: Floored

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

No lecture this weekend but a special treat courtesy of 4xreview. Step into the pit of the Chicago mercantile exchange with the full length movie Floored. (click here if video is not observable)

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Lagarde on debt ceiling, bank liquidity and paths to growth

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde talks to Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters Consumer News, about the challenges of regulatory arbitrage, the need to promote job-based economic growth and the dire dangers from the U.S. debt ceiling fight.   – ReutersTV … Continue reading →

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60 Minutes: Are Robots Hurting Job Growth?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

In case you missed last night’s 60 Minutes.   Take the 13 minutes to view this fascinating piece about how technological advances, especially robotics, are changing the workplace and is causing unemployment. We’ve wrtitten and posted many times on how technology … Continue reading →

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Positive vs Normative Trading

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Love this…. Hat tip JFinDallas at StockTwits! (click here if video is not observable)

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Emerging economies in 2013 – Economist

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

Great perspective on the emerging markets. “China’s ‘authoritarian growth miracle’ is over…. they just don’t last” – William Easterly Which countries will be the economic success stories of 2013? William Easterly, professor of economics at New York University, and Dambisa … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Let’s make it happen next year, both long and short, and accept what the market gives us.  May we all prosper. (click here if video is not observable)

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