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By Eric Falkenstein, who adds: “This is a critique of asset pricing theory. Some knowledge of the empirical issues in academic finance are required for it to make sense. It’s a substitute for Cochrane’s Asset Pricing text.”
Starbucks debuted a new cold drink megasize, the Trenta, in 14 U.S. states yesterday. How big is it? Bigger than your stomach:
LifeHacker researched seasonal inventory patterns and product cycles for the most popular retail items, then produced this helpful guide to timing purchases to catch the best prices. Click to enlarge: Details on the reasons for each product being cheapest that month are available here.
Today’s most interesting links iPhone Sales by Quarter – Alexis Madrigal charts out the outrageous success The oldest computer ads – Top Design Mag The story of BankSimple – Carnegie Mellon Today Soccer player fined £10,000 for tweet – BBC America by the numbers – NYT Can this new shirt […]
The 3,000 residents of the western Indian town of Shani Shinganapur follow a Hindu faith that prohibits doors on their homes, as they believe their ruling diety, Lord Shani, protects them and would strike down any thieves. Now UCO Bank has opened the first commercial branch in Shani Shinganapur, and […]
University of Colorado-Boulder student Nic Ramos, in protest for rising tuition costs, paid his entire spring semester tuition of $14,309.51 in dollar bills, dragging a 33-pound duffel bag stuffed with the cash into the bursar’s office Friday. More on the stunt from the NY Times, Gawker, and this WSJ/Fox News report:
Interesting links for today: World Paper Money Gallery – View banknotes from nearly every country in the world The numeric keypads on London ATMs are as bacteria-contaminated as the seats of public restrooms, Cash machines ‘as dirty as toilets’ (Telegraph – Experts took swabs from the numeric key pads on […]
Last night 60 Minutes presented a rare interview with Vegas legend Billy Walters, who’s made hundreds of millions of dollars as a sports gambler. Walters poured some of that profit into Enron, WorldCom and Tyco stock in the 90s and says he “got swindled” out of it when those stocks […]