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2021 (1 posts)

Observations at the heart of Permian basin

2020 (13 posts)

Weapons of Math destruction by Cathy O'Neil
The dichotomy between privacy and health
Thoughts on the nature of framing
The trouble with markets by Roger Bootle
Observations on our news reporting system as well as investment bank forecasting.
The AI economy, Roger Bootle
Chat with Johnson and Dad on CoronaVirus and crisis investing
Global warming and the four horsemen of apocalypse
Thoughts on the Corona Virus stock market crash
Federal reserve rate cuts
Conversations with Garis
Chat with Joe and his dad
Dinner with Mansu

2019 (55 posts)

Federal reserve maintains interest rates 11th Dec 2019
Book summary: The dollar crisis
French youth impression on President Macron
Experiments with managing our wealth gap
Eric Li on the new world order proposed by China
Investment Biker, Jim Rogers
Lee Kuan Yew, Interviews and selections by Graham Allison and Robert D Black Will with Ali Wyne
Federal Reserve chairman testifies before Congress 20191113
On China, Henry Kissinger
Examples of various networks failing at scale
Federal Reserve interest rate cut decision 20191030
General thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg’s warning of the internet’s role in Authoritarianism displacing Democracy
Constrains on world GDP levels
Simultaneous inflation and deflation pressures in China
An unchanging constant as the source of trust
Thoughts of various asset class type and their usage
Observed unwinding of credit in the market
Observations on how public opinion is shaped in the US
Book summary: The perfect weapon by David Sanger
Evening out watching Rambo, last blood
Key insights from mooncake festival at house of Jerry and Liza
David Letterman interview with Barack Obama
The American Factory
Book summary: Understanding big debt crisis by Ray Dalio
Key insights from weekend with Jerry, Liza, Ada and Dan
Escalating tension in Asia Pacific and how history tends to repeat itself
Book summary: The Asian Financial Crisis by Shalendra Sharma
Book summary: The Savings and Loan Crisis - Lessons from a regulatory failure
Why banks are trading at or below net book value
Insights from lunch with Andrew and Paul
Donald Trump's August 1st 2019 tweet on additional tariffs
Federal Chairman Jerome Powell on 0.25% interest rate cuts
Manias, Panics and Crashes - balance of trade mechanism
Book summary - The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook by Jonathan Golin and Philippe Delhaise
The case for hastening the replacement of workers with AI
Summary of readings and conversations for the week
Key highlights of Fed Chair Jerome Powell's testification before the congress
Book summary AI super-powers, China, silicon valley and the new world order by Kai Fu Lee
Mark Zuckerberg chats with Yuval Noah Harrai on the Future of AI
Analysis of the Facebook Libra Token
20190619 - Federal reserve chairman Powell’s speech
Book summary - the wealth of nations
Reflections on the subject of economics
Guo Jia’s Ten Advantage Framework
June 4th 2019 US/China trade war loss aversion reversion to mean pattern
Key take aways from The Governance of China by Xi JinPing
Key takeaway from Great Again by Donald Trump
Macro economic analysis on US/China 2018/2019 Trade war
Book summary: The Fate of Rome
Insights from dinner with Yuan
Blitzscaling with Microsoft
Societal comparison between our current day and age versus the era of communism's rise
Book summary: George Orwell's 1984
Key take aways from the guide to a good life
Key observations of Chinese One Belt Road Initiative in Africa

2018 (4 posts)

Key observations in Ethiopia
Reflections on self mastery
Observations in Sudan
Key take aways from Mien Kampf, Adolf Hitler