tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post111126882507678862..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: New GizmoSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1111356745813075122005-03-20T17:12:00.000-05:002005-03-20T17:12:00.000-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/business/yourmon...http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/business/yourmoney/20gret.html<BR/><BR/>What? They Never Heard of WorldCom? <BR/>By Gretchen Morgenson<BR/><BR/>WHAT a week. <BR/><BR/>Bernard J. Ebbers, founder of WorldCom, got to add felon to his already colorful curriculum vitae. Maurice R. Greenberg, dictator in chief at American International Group, the global insurance giant, was toppled after almost 40 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1111356589242299702005-03-20T17:09:00.000-05:002005-03-20T17:09:00.000-05:00MFACan you remember a position I was trying to mak...MFA<BR/><BR/>Can you remember a position I was trying to make sense about a while ago on individualism? I always keep notes to come again to stray thoughts, but then I have to find the notes. I owe you an answer, on individuality and education, but in what way?<BR/><BR/>AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1111356413957100602005-03-20T17:06:00.000-05:002005-03-20T17:06:00.000-05:00Compared with India or China is there an anti-inte...Compared with India or China is there an anti-intellectual strain to American culture? I do not care for the way in which I asked the question, but ask it I will. MFA? Steve? Carson? I must narrow the frame of the question, but I do not know how just now.<BR/><BR/>AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1111284456179598742005-03-19T21:07:00.000-05:002005-03-19T21:07:00.000-05:00By the way, I think the interview interesting. Wh...By the way, I think the interview interesting. Whether convincing is another matter.<BR/><BR/>AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1111282451518991322005-03-19T20:34:00.000-05:002005-03-19T20:34:00.000-05:00John Bogle was with us in Cambridge some years ago...John Bogle was with us in Cambridge some years ago, and mentioned that he thought a fund that simply included the largest 100 or so companies and then never varied might have an edge over the S&P. I need to play with some simulations.<BR/><BR/>AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1111282235123130472005-03-19T20:30:00.000-05:002005-03-19T20:30:00.000-05:00Remember I noted the vibrancy of international val...Remember I noted the vibrancy of international value stocks over decades. Sure enough....<BR/><BR/>AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1111282168367808382005-03-19T20:29:00.000-05:002005-03-19T20:29:00.000-05:00An interesting interview:http://www.pbs.org/wsw/tv...An interesting interview:<BR/><BR/>http://www.pbs.org/wsw/tvprogram/#retail<BR/><BR/>March 18, 2005<BR/><BR/>GEOFF COLVIN: It isn't often that a famous and highly respected authority announces new findings that are practically guaranteed to change your most fundamental views about investing. But hold on, because some of those views are about to get shot down.<BR/><BR/>Looking for innovative, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com