Steve Jobs: So, he’s a lunatic, who exploited child labor in emerging markets to make over-priced consumerist products, who ignored scientific evidence to choose his self treatment for cancer, exhibited the same kind of piratish bullying capitalist behavior that Gates is routinely crucified for, and was a jerk to people around him. is that the […]
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weekend strategy report, June 04, n2011
Market in Bull Normal; Market is neutral on a short term basis Equities remained sideways all week, with volatility increasingly slightly Rebalancingproject: Monthly rebalancing : next re-evaluation on/about 1 June 331 is holding IYR, EEM, TLT 631 is holding IYR, MDY, IWM Quarterly rebalancing: next re-evaluation on/about 1 July. 333 is holding DIA, MDY, IWM; […]
weekend review May 15, 2011
Market in Bull Normal; Market is neutral on a short term basis Equities were sideways all week, digesting last week’s gains, with a slight advantage to the US and its defensive sectors Commodities experienced more weakness this week, with silver remaining highly volatile Rebalancingproject: Monthly rebalancing : next re-evaluation on/about 1 June 331 is holding […]
weekend market review, May 07, 2011
Market in Bull Normal; Market is neutral on a short term basis Equities sold off this week, but found support near the end of the week Commodities cracked this week with silver experiencing a 5 sigma selloff (2d largest 5 day loss in the last 5 years) Rebalancing project: Monthly rebalancing : next re-evaluation on/about […]
Trust the good guys
Image via Wikipedia I think the author is overreacting, Google only wants what’s best for you When Google (and Apple for that matter) tell you that they are not evil, what more evidence do you need? Related articles Is Google Trying To “Sort” Its Users? (lockergnome.com) Apple, Microsoft, Google Attacked For Evil Plugins (apple.slashdot.org) Is […]
Reflections on strategic leadership
Image via Wikipedia This weekend I really enjoyed a podcast from a current strategic leadership text on the subject of emerging trends in global strategic leadership. Here are the slides: CurrentTrendsInStrategicManagement I compared the discussion in slide 2 “new realities in the 21st century” to the military’s formal description of the “Operational Environment” which we use […]
Apple, design thinking, nationbuilding
Image via Wikipedia Mike Roberto discusses Tim Brown’s book on Design Thinking here, and thinks aloud about Apple‘s application of the idea. I am a big fan of his work. The unfocus group’s insights become more important to the extent that the Long Tail phenomenon applies to that market/line of business. We are big fans […]