Barry Ritholtz is a must read, as the following post shows. This is a great follow up to my post on GE from a few days ago. GE and Kryptonite
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GE is a financial black hole. There I said it. Why aren’t more people saying it? Anyone who claims differently in my humble opinion is a liar. Trying to figure out how GE Financial earns its money or how they value their assets is no different than Bear Stearns or Countrywide Financial. Its impossible. Proof […]
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Fascinating article on the brain and one woman who became very creative after having a rare brain disease. Brain disease and creativity
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Jewish Centerfold thanks Rabbi for teaching her about her true calling and for learning about Tzedakah. Sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up… Jewish Centerfold
READ MOREHappiness can go down the tube
Very interesting study reported in the Wall Street Journal on happiness and how TV may affect it adversely. “Instead, there’s been a significant increase in the hours devoted to what the authors call “neutral downtime,” which is mostly watching television. Women now spend 15% of their waking hours staring at the tube, while men devote […]
READ MOREChina real estate bubble about to collapse?
Jeff Matthews writes a great blog called jeff matthews is not making this up, and he has what I think may be a prescient call on how important the news is that China’s real estate market may be weakening dramatically. Check it out: Jeff Matthews link
READ MOREThoughts on Jill Bolte Taylor’s TED video
I have a couple of thoughts about Jill Bolte Taylor’s video about the brain and her stroke experience. The first thought is how interesting it is that the two hemispheres of the brain are completely separate. That the right brain lives in the present moment, thinks in pictures and learns through feeling. The right brain […]
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This is an article from the nytimes.com discussing that money can buy you happiness, however: . . . but probably not in the way you imagined. Spending it on yourself may not do much for your spirits, but spending it on others will make you happier, according to a report from a team of social […]
READ MOREA Brain Scientist discusses the experience of having a stroke
An amazing video from TED.com: Jill Bolte Taylor TED video
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