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Financial Rounds
http://financialrounds.blogspot.com
A finance professor's views on academia and the outside world. Commentary on finance, economics, academia, Wall Street, and anything else that pops out of my sleep-deprived, caffeine-addled brain.
- Added on: Jan 2nd, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Business
- Tags: family teaching investments Academia a day in the life academic research
Recent Posts
Backing off on Blogging For A While
I need to focus on research for the next couple of months, so blogging will likely be much less frequent for a while. I'm not closing down, but I am scaling back - probably only a post a week or so. In the meanwhile, here's a picture of the Bill...
Happy Thanksgiving
This is a bit belated - I started it, and then didn't finish before all family got here for the festivities. But better late than never, eh?Here's hoping you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. It's a good exercise to occasionally thing about the things ...
SNL Takes a Chunk Out of Obama
Looks like SNL is finally starting to put Obama in the cross-hairs:The funniest part (a little rude, but funny nonetheless) is about 2/3 of the way through - "Will you kiss me? I believe it is the polite thing to do when someone is doing sex to me!"N...
Amazing Dance Video
A friend just sent this. They call this guy (Robert Muraine) "Mr Fantastic" after the rubber-limbed comic-book hero in the Fantastic Four. Here's a clip of his entry on "So You Think You Can Dance".I used to have what's called hyper-mobile joints ...
Scott Adams Must Be Eavesdropping on My Email
This sounds like a couple of my students. For some reason, family deaths always seem to increase around exam time. ...
Spreadsheets, Spreadsheet, and More Spreadsheets.
Yesterday, I thought I was coming down with something - I had a sore throat when I went to bed, and I woke up this morning feeling kind of blah. So, I thought I'd muddle through my classes (unfortunately, it's my long teaching day), and then come ...
