Covestor ranks me

Received a mail from Covestor telling me I had reached the top of their rankings–a very pleasant surprise.
Out of the tens of thousands of investors, I have ended up number 18 on the top list by Sharpe ratio (a measure of risk adjusted returns.) Now admittedly I have only been sending Covestor data for a [...]

A moral quandary

Image via WikipediaO blogosphere! Help me with this moral quandary!
I have been reading a book which gets into some real detail about urban decay. The book is sold as a factual tale–real people, real places, real incidents–and I am really enjoying it, although only 40 pages in.
I decided to dig further into some of the [...]

3G, 2, 1 : iPhone is here…

Just one click away and don’t forget Mobile Me.

Catch a falling knife?

Yesterday’s performance of the financial sector is a worthy reminder that it is rarely worth trying to catch a falling knife via Paul Kedrosky.

How bad is the recession for start-ups?

Image via WikipediaIn Madrid today, a smart guy asked me a question: what will the current economic climate mean for the technology start-up ecosystem? The answer is complex but in a nutshell it should create more opportunities for entrepreneurs than fewer.
If you don’t need persuading we are heading for a recession, then skip ahead to [...]

Congrats to Powerset, acquired by Microsoft

Image by Esthr via FlickrSo it finally happens, after months of speculation Microsoft has acquired Powerset with a view to integrating it within Live Search.
As a shareholder of Powerset and a friend of Barney Pell, I am obviously delighted with the result. It is kudos to Barney that as a first-time CEO he has [...]

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