On 06.15.11, In Culture, Investing, Musings memories and observations, Politics, Technology, hedging, by David Pinsen
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 [...]
On 05.31.11, In Business and Entrepreneurship, Culture, Musings memories and observations, Technology, by David Pinsen
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 [...]
On 05.06.11, In Business and Entrepreneurship, Economics, Musings memories and observations, Politics, Speculations, Technology, hedging, by David Pinsen
A couple of columns worth reading on the Bin Laden aftermath:
– Victor Davis Hanson: “Bin laden Fallout”
– Christopher Hitchens: “Death of a Madman”
A profile of a manufacturing entrepreneur in Britain, via the FT:
– “A Bastion of British Engineering”.
A couple of brief excerpts:
I started this business in a one-car garage with [...]
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 [...]
On 04.14.11, In Business and Entrepreneurship, Investing, Musings memories and observations, Technology, U.S. economy, hedging, by David Pinsen
- A few more articles of mine published on Seeking Alpha this week:
Does Downside Protection for Precious Metals ETFs Make Sense?
Peter Thiel and the Higher Education Bubble
Did 9/11 Delay an Economic Day of Reckoning?
- As of yesterday (there’s a day lag on reporting), we sold more than twice as many Portfolio Armor iOS apps this [...]
On 04.08.11, In Business and Entrepreneurship, Musings memories and observations, Technology, hedging, by David Pinsen
From an e-mail exchange this morning:
I’m trying to learn how to purchase “portfolio insurance” for the crazy world we’re living in. I think the Portfolio Armor page just showed up in my Google searches. Portfolio Armor is exactly what I need to give me some confidence that I’m buying the right [...]
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