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Provided courtesy of our boy and frequent guest, Andy Kessler – he actually refers to it as a scorecard, but we know what Andy really means 🙂 Below is a handy-dandy guide for President Obama’s September 8 Jobs Speech so you can score at home. Put a check mark next to announced programs – win […]
Our friend and frequent/popular guest Andy Kessler wrote an excellent op-ed for the Wall Street Journal this weekend, giving his take on the sky high valuations we’re seeing bestowed upon Silicon Valley’s newest darlings – Team Social Media: It’s no coincidence that last week, as the minutes from April’s Federal Reserve meeting suggested interest rates […]
Andy Kessler’s new book Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs is out today – and we’ve got an exclusive interview with Andy! I personally learned and gained a ton from this book – as a software startup guy myself, it really helped open my mind and eyes to the patterns that lead to successful […]
In October I had the great opportunity to get on the horn with Andy Kessler to discuss his latest book Grumby, his outlook for technology, and tips for picking winning tech trends. Well Andy’s written a new book, which means we’ll be able to get on the horn with him again! It’s called Eat People: […]
We’ve sure seen a lot of QE2 talk hashed around – including some hilarious cartoon spoof videos. Â But here’s a unique take from Andy Kessler on Bernanke’s real motivations for QE2, courtesy of the WSJ: I have a different explanation for the Fed’s latest easing program: Without another $600 billion floating through the economy, Mr. […]
Here’s a very interesting interview by Omniture Co-Founder Josh James in a sit down discussion with Steve Forbes – you can watch the interview here. Â If your business is heavily involved in the internet (and what biz with a future isn’t these days), this is a great piece to watch. James is a very smart […]
A wild headline courtesy of researchers at Indiana University, who are using mood-recording algorithms on Twitter to predict stock market changes! Â From MIT’s Technology Review: So these guys took 9.7 million tweets posted by 2.7 million tweeters between March and December 2008 and looked for correlations between the GPOMS indices and whether Dow Jones Industrial […]
Common knowledge is that the American consumer is now doing what he or she must do to confront life in the “New Normal” – that is, paying down debt diligently. This perception, though, appears to be a bit “overrated” – especially if you look at things like, well, the actual data. Â The WSJ reports that […]
Former hedge fund manager Andy Kessler, one of our favorites, believes that we are 3 years into a 7+ year consumer deleveraging cycle. Â Andy writes: The blue is actual through the first quarter of 2010. The red is trendline and the transparent blue box is my estimate for household debt to get back to trendline. […]
Nice op-ed piece by Silicon Valley guru Andy Kessler in the Wall Street Journal recently: From early May through last week, the market dropped 1500 points into the pit, on the backs of gushing BP oil, riots in Europe, a 30% drop in pending home sales and the news that maybe your next door neighbor […]
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