Friday, August 17, 2012

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.


Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

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!!! :)