Are women better investors than men? That’s what David Weidner argued in his widely-tweeted MarketWatch column Tuesday, “Women are better investors, and here’s why“.
From Sex Scandals to Investing
After reminding readers of recent sexual scandals involving male politicians, Weidner actually made a broader argument, that women are better at pretty much everything:
Why is it [...]

I’m always amazed how few businesses seem to be listening to what customers are saying about them on Twitter, so I was pleasantly surprised to see a prompt response by one last night.
My inamorata and I stopped by our local Red Mango for frozen yogurt Monday night. After the two girls working there took [...]

There was an interesting article in last weekend’s Financial Times (“Global Menu: Kicking up a Stink”), about a British food writer who bought an assortment of cheeses to China and conducted a tasting with some Chinese chefs, most of whom had never eaten cheese. The writer’s idea was that the Chinese eat a lot of [...]

Writer Neil Gaiman gave a speech in Manhattan Thursday night, and Cheryl went to see him. I met her afterwords for dinner, and she relayed something Gaiman said: that as a child in Britain, America seemed like a mythical place to him. He recalled reading an American comic book (Cheryl thinks it was Superman), seeing [...]

In the trailer for the new Atlas Shrugged movie, at about the 48 second mark, someone tells the steel magnate Hank Rearden that people think his only goal is to make money. “My only goal is to make money,” Readen cheekily replies.

It’s been over a decade and a half since I read Rand’s novel, [...]

A few highlights:
– Charlie Rose’s interview with Singapore’s Lee Kwan Yew. Charlie let Yew talk, which was good. Yew offered his insights into the current situation in North Africa & the Middle East as well as China & East Asia, India, and of course Singapore.
– Lunch with the FT: Roger Waters. The [...]

…I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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