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The archives for credit crisis

1. Greed and the path to independence

   I’ve just watched a Bloomberg piece on the sequel to “Wall Street” and the “Greed is Good” culture that surrounded it. They interviewed a number of the leading characters of the real Wall Street at the time, and most called the prolonged Bull market of the ’80s and exciting time. I was too young to [...]

   • 23^rd September 2010
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   Tagged with:

   • credit crisis
   • economics

2. Confusion of Rights

   It seems that our perception of individual rights can be misleading, we often feel our rights have been violated when something seems unfair, but these are not the same concept.

   • 12^th August 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • credit crisis
   • population
   • social change

3. What happens when interest rates rise?

   One thing I’ve learned is that crashes are an obvious result of excessive leverage: people borrowing money so that they can take foolish risks. Well the stock market and banking sector has seen things unwind, but it’s not finished yet.

   • 13^th June 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • credit crisis
   • economic recovery
   • mistakes

4. Agile investing?

   The thing I love most about well thought out concepts is how they can be applied across disciplines. Simplicity is as important in finance as it is in software engineering.

   • 12^th January 2009
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   Tagged with:

   • asset allocation
   • credit crisis
   • simplicity