Man.. i just got to put the whole picture here. This is one of the coolest news article I have ever seen! Amazing way of presenting information. Hehe… reminds me of http://www.streetsine.com/ but of course… for FT, the UI looks a bit more classy….
Click here to see the real article in action!
Looking at this graph, I kind of recall what I read in investment books. Generally, sudden large appreciation in share price for a company in a particular industry is a sign of weakness. This is because for weakly managed companies, a slight increase in profitability of the business can have incredulous results on their year-on-year % profit increment, compared to those of a well-managed company.
Hmmm… so beware of extraordinarily high year on year growth! We should pay more attention to the company’s profit margin which acts as a reliable buffer in lean times!
Well, sometimes you come across a really interesting book and you just can’t help but put its picture on your blog.
Truth be told, I have not completed reading it yet… but … after the first 2-3 chapters of reading, it is really, really getting me engaged. 
BTW, pls do not try to read more on this article.. still consolidating my thoughts…
Hmmm….
I find the idea of securitising mortgage loans pretty interesting, i.e. moving it into tranches and minimizing risk for all parties. Hehe.. but it does seem to have another unique problem….
By breaking lumping together many mortgages and then breaking them up into tranches to be sold to many disparate investors… there is no longer the concept of a whole mortgage belong to one unique lender….
Without the whole mortgage, sellers will not be able to restructure the loans for a win-win solutions. Interesting You-tube video.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPGqwtQL94I&feature=user
Boy.. this is the first time I see a website entirely based on Google Docs and Spreadsheets!
Just show the power of google suite of applications!
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dc6wx7jg_43cqdn68df
But then.. .how is he going to build page rank huh?
Just went through a long.. but very interesting video one of my friends sent me! Really learned quite a bit about it…
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9050474362583451279
But I kind of think it is a little exagerrated by some environmentalist + monarchy/communist people. Though it is true that the money supply will keep increasing because of the interest payments… which has been the case for the past many years…. but this does not necessary translate to consumerism and more trees being cut etc….
The economy can very well produce the same amount of goods. The increase in money supply will just produce inflationary pressures as more money is chasing the same amount of goods. System can still be stable… its just that money will lose its value over time … and like what the video said… it will have the same effect as imposing a tax on those with money….
And surely, that cannot be a bad thing right? Rich people with loads of dollars being taxed more… to create a more equal economy? Hmmm…
Hmmm… I just got wind of this… and could not stop laughing…
Today my girl was telling me about her internship period. Basically, she was attached to an individual for 4 months and she was tasked to write out an entire e-commerce portal. So for 4 months, she will go to the person’s house and google intensively to do up the solution….
I felt sorry for her… that was until I heard about…
THE BANGLAH INTERN
Sometimes, we just need a convenient way to extract the html color code for something on our computer screen. Of course, we can do a print screen and figure everything out in photoshop…
But there is a easier way with Pixie! Have been using it for some time and find it really cool. Best thing… it is FREE!
I guess it is all part of getting old. I just cannot remember those linux short-cut keys which I found so useful last time. I have been scratching my head to try to recall how to get to the end of the file from vi… (this is sometimes useful when you are dealing with a very large file).. but I just cannot. Darn.
So decided to keep another on-going blog-post whenever I discover something useful. Sigh… now I am becoming like my Kuma. Need to take notes liaoz…
One of the main problems faced in doing an outsourced operation is power. Yes, fast expanding economies results in power demands increasing at exponential rates. Coupled with the problem that building a Power Plant take a couple of years… this generally results in a temporary (hopefully) shortfall of power.
I believe… another problem with such countries is the subsidizing of electricity. Somehow, even though there is insufficient power to prevent load shedding, authorities are prevented from correcting this demand and supply inconsistency by raising the price of power. Electrical power like oil prices are fixed at artificially low prices for fear of upsetting the general populace (my own guess… no official data to verify).
Just recently, the state-owned Telephone company launched a strike nation-wide over wages.