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Articles, Research Essays and Book Reviews on topics I have an interested in
The use of a deeply flawed asset test which does not truly measure an investor’s financial sophistication has created a flawed market dynamic
Author: Yuval Noah Harahi File under: Futurism, Philosophy Executive Summary: Homo Deus is the sequal to Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and is a projection of the many divergent paths that humanity may take in the near future. Unlike most books which aim to predict the future, Homo Deus does not make any concrete forecasts…
Author: Jim Paul & Brendan Moynihan File under: Big Ideas, Learning, Philosophy Executive Summary: What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars, charts the rise and fall of self-confessed lucky man Jim Paul (1943–2001) from his early life as a farm boy in Kentucky to the Governor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange by his mid-30’s. Jim…
Author: Ashlee Vance File under: Big Ideas, Strategy Executive Summary: Elon Musk, is a biography of the eponymous eccentric industrialist up to 2015. The book chronicles his early life, business success and challenges that he has surmounted to build Tesla and SpaceX into the household names they are today. Often when reading a biography of…
Author: Henry M. Paulson Jr File under: Strategy Executive Summary: Dealing With China by former US Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. is a narrative retelling of Mr Paulson’s history of working with China during his time with both Goldman Sachs and later as part of the Bush Whitehouse. This book is an interesting look…
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb File under: Philosophy, Big Ideas, Strategy Executive Summary: The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (NNT), is book two in his five volume series called Incerto, which also includes including Fooled by Randomness, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game. This book is probably the most interesting book I have read so…