Work-Life Balance means …

… you work 8 hours at work and another 8 hours at home.

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Promotions and the Merry-go-round

First off, I must clarify that I was not the one who got promoted. 

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Bin Laden Trade

Learnt a new phrase today … its called “bin laden put” or “bin laden trade”.
A put is an option exercisable by the option-holder to sell a securities contract with a predefined price (exercise price). The put holder exercises the option and makes money if the market value of the underlying securities falls below the predefined price. The [...]

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The Mortgage Meltdown… And Who’s Responsible?

Thursday, August 30, 2007 Issue #707
The Mortgage Meltdown… And Who’s Responsible
by Alexander Green, Chairman, Investment U
Investment Director, The Oxford Club
Dear Investment U Reader,
The other day I read a Wall Street Journal article about a young couple with an important investment decision to make. A little over a year ago, they had decided to [...]

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Subprime, Liquidity and why it affects you

The last few weeks have introduced several new terms like “subprime” & “liquidity crisis” to the global markets. I shall attempt to demystify the issue using layman parlance. I am not an economist by training, maybe a closet one, therefore I interpret this from a layperson’s point of view. The issue at hand is not [...]

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Maiden Voyage

It took me a long while before deciding to write a blog. A late adopter of trends and a firm believer of the Old Economy, I initially viewed blogs as an utter waste of time. However, I have been humbled by the sheer power of this simple yet effective medium to
1) unleash creative and destructive [...]

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