Random thoughts
The Guessing Game: 0, 25, or 50?
I don’t remember exactly when was the last time a FOMC meeting has generated so much anticipation, but it has to be quite a while as the Federal funds rate, the outcome of such a meeting, has been held steady for more than a year since June of 2006. For the past 15 months, investors [...]
Volatile Market
When the Dow lost some 281 points last Friday to settle at the lowest close since May 1, I couldn’t imagine that it can make up all the losses in one session. Yet, it indeed happened as the index surged 286 points today, the largest one day gain in four years.
Looking at the [...]
“Proof That Girls Are Evil”
No, this is not my proof, but I thought it’s quite funny how it’s presented (if you haven’t seen it before).
When I hit the Stumble button on my broswer, I was shown the following image from this site:
Not that I agree with the conclusion, but I didn’t find any flaw in the procedure . [...]
How Much Would You Pay for a License Plate?
We have standard license plates on our cars with no extra costs.
However, in China, people (or maybe only wealthy people) are crazy about license plates with so called lucky numbers such as 6, 8, or 9 (US Mint even sells Lucky Money around Chinese New Year every year with dollar bills containing these lucky numbers), [...]
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