In Case of Emergency, Break Frame

July 19, 2010

This post serves as an In Emergency Break Glass  utility for when I run into a wall, get bored, hit a cul-de-sac or when my thought processes and sub-routines are unwittingly confined within the stuffy walls of the box. This summary of 7 steps to boost creativity, has been extracted from this feature. 1. Psychological Distance Try imagining your creative task as distant and disconnected [...]

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Explaining the Financial Crisis: Marx Says…

July 18, 2010

By now, conventional explanations of the recent financial crisis must sound like a broken record. But if those years of unwitting overexposure to your nanny’s repetitive rhetoric and long-winded nagging are exactly what you need to be cajoled into your urban comfort zone, then let me list those 5 common explanations (extracted from the animated [...]

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Artists I Like: John Lurie

July 16, 2010

Ever so seldom in this era of mass marketing drama, one stumbles upon a bona fide Renaissance Artiste – visual artist, indie-film star, musician, composer and philosopher. In addition to his music scores for independent classics as Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise and Down by Law, I was drawn to John Lurie’s latest exposition: The [...]

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Periodic Table Of !@#(*^)+

July 15, 2010

Dealing with 1,001,000 numbers and bratish egomanic clients 24/7 can severely impair any trader’s ability to articulate himself. For emergency purposes, refer to this bespoked edition of the periodic table for help on structuring colourful verbal sequences based on identified crude elements.    Credit goes to the elusive Dame B. Devereux for this indispensable reference. Buy it here.

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Not So Solid Gold

July 13, 2010

27 July Update: Gold fell 2%, ending at a 2-month low of 1,158us$ an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, breaking the 1175us$ resistance level. The flight-to-safety pattern has evidently taken a back seat for reasons stated in my original 14 July post. However, festive buying by Indian consumers during the months of August [...]

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Not Waxing Lyrical About My Brazilian: World Cup Dismay

July 5, 2010

The weekend I was pining for came. Like all climaxes in life, it zipped by in what felt like a five millisecond whoosh. And literally just for kicks, my Brazilian Hedge decided to pull a bicycle kick on me, teaching a  few precious lessons in soccer betting. Possessed by the spirit of naivety a couple of weeks ago, I was going to write a 2-part series [...]

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China’s Yuan Revaluation: Bending the Rules of whose Game?

June 21, 2010

In a polite gesture to Uncle Sam last Saturday, China announced its decision to lift the Yuan’s 23 month peg to the US Dollar. China’s RMB revaluation will pave the way for a growth model based on cultivating stronger domestic demand, a more efficient resource allocation mechanism, and reducing trade friction, especially with the US. But flexible friends of [...]

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Invest in World Cup 2010

June 17, 2010

In any game, there are the risk adverse and the risk takers. For ye investors who shun risky and risqué behaviour like they were the plague, meticulous research and economic modelling from top financial institutions would probably turn you on. For your viewing pleasure, I have provided links to the best investors’ guide to the World Cup 2010: 1. Goldman Sachs – The World Cup & Economics [...]

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Art Collecting 101: Introduction

February 3, 2010

Once upon a time, Hugh Grant’s reputation may have been tarnished by a certain not-so-Divine Ms. Brown. What he needed, was a red herring to shift the spotlight away from this peculiar saga. Thanks to a fling with Elizabeth Taylor while soaked up in drunken stupor one evening, he got his wish. I’m referring to the Andy Warhol painting [...]

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The REAL Reason Behind Stockmarket Movements

January 29, 2010

  So now you know what goes on behind the great game of Who’s the Greater Fool!

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