WIndows! windows! Windows

Likely that W8 will change the way we looked at Windows. Right from the highly unstable Win 95 thro' stable but bloated Win XP, the truly irrelevant and troublesome Vista to the stable, but still bloated W7, Windows was one OS which most used but hated at the same time. It was famous for its blue screen of Death which was very common until W7 came. There was no other way for most of us as it was inescapable to do many things we needed to do.
It looks like things are going to change with W8, which may be a fusion of the windows PC as we know and tablets. And may be much lighter, more responsive and highly stable. Extreme competition brings out probably the best. Way to go, MS, if it is so!!

Currencies and their plight!

Many had written off the USD during the tough times the US and World economy had gone through. But many currencies that were thought would replace USD have already fallen by the wayside, like the Japanese Yen and Euro. Now Dollar is expected to keep the status of World Reserve Currency for at least fifty years more.

But what will ultimately replace the Dollar. By the likes of it now, will it be the Yuan, the Indian Rupee or the SDR?  In any case, what could be the best form of reserves that nations now can depend on, considering the precarious nature of the currencies and the ubiquitous nature of nations to depend more on the currency printing press to sustain the economy. China was probably on the right track, investing in precious metals and commodities. At least this strategy can keep the local currency strong.

UBS: The Dollar Is Likely To Remain The World's Reserve Currency For The Next 50 Years

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UBS currency strategist argues US dollar will remain the world's reserve currency.

MPT vs Market Timing!

Artificial Intelligence has not reached a stage where it can substitute Human Intelligence, Black swans or no black swans. But it can always help in augmenting with the necessary discretion from the human side.

Is Modern Portfolio Theory Dead? Come On. | TechCrunch

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Editor's note: Paul Pfleiderer is the C.O.G. Miller Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Stanford 

How the Courier was never born!

This story of Microsoft and how it missed the touch tablet race before it began, has many parallels with the story of Nokia and how they missed the smart phone bus. Both points to group rivalries and wrong technical/ strategic decisions!! This article was written about 9 months earlier.

Now it looks like Casio is planning to make a tablet very similar to this!! Do we have some story of rectangles coming into mind!!! :)

The inside story of how Microsoft killed its Courier tablet

Microsoft's decision to cancel its innovative Courier tablet computer a year and a half ago reverberates today, as the software giant plots strategy to catch the market-lea