October 2009 - Finance -

I'd Eat That

I just stopped by my favorite (on campus) coffee, bagel, and sandwich shoppe - I'm spending the afternoon grading exams that are due back tomorrow (groan). Their latest sandwich offering is a Veggie Burger with Tomato, Onion, Provolone cheese, and...

Published 10-18-2009 10:35 AM by Financial Rounds

Filed under: Humor, food

Talking With Practitioners

Unknown University recently had a function where they brought back a number of prominent alumni to talk about various topics. At dinner after the function, I ended up at a table with an MD from a major investment bank who manages about 10Billion overall...

Published 10-18-2009 10:29 AM by Financial Rounds

Filed under: research, Networking

Best Headline Ever

I'm a big fan of satire. But sometimes reality comes out with something that's far funnier and more bizarre than anything I could have come up with (even during the 70s, which were very, very interesting). Here's a newspaper headline that...

Published 10-15-2009 12:11 PM by Financial Rounds

Filed under: Humor

Occam's Razor vs. Occam's Professor

I try not to be Occam's Professor - unless it's the right thing to do.

Published 10-15-2009 11:45 AM by Financial Rounds

Filed under: Cartoons, Humor

Williamson and Ostrom Win Nobel In Economics

The announcement just came in - The Nobel Prize in Economics (actually the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, to be precise) was awarded jointly to Elinor Ostrom (for her work on usage of common goods) and to Oliver...

Published 10-12-2009 8:38 AM by Financial Rounds

Filed under: Nobel Prize

Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

When I read this morning that Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I first thought it was a joke. Then, when I found out that it was real, I realized it was still a joke. Unfortunately, it was one that the prize committee played on themselves...

Published 10-11-2009 6:20 PM by Financial Rounds

Filed under: politics

The Christian Finance Faculty Association

Robert Brooks is a finance professor at the University of Alabama. He's trying to get a new organization (the Christian Finance Faculty Association) off the ground. Since it's a worthwhile endeavor (and one I'd be a part of if I were going...

Published 10-06-2009 8:57 AM by Financial Rounds

Filed under: Grab Bag

Nash Meets Feynman

Those of you who haven't seen "A Beautiful Mind" might not get it. Butif you have (or if you know Nash's work), it's funny. In case you didn't know, in addition to Richard Feynman being a Nobel-prize winning physicist, also found...

Published 10-04-2009 4:43 PM by Financial Rounds

Filed under: Cartoons, Humor, Game Theory

A Funny Economist

It turns our Austan Goolsbee (U of Chicago Economics prof and member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors) is a pretty funny guy. From what I recall, I'd gotten a couple of emails from him a while back (when he was just a normal mortal...

Published 10-01-2009 6:32 AM by Financial Rounds

Filed under: Humor, videos

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