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Tag Archives: risk
Psychologist and economist George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University, was an avid mountain climber “until I had kids and couldn’t tolerate the risk.” — [TAKEAWAYS]
- Mountainous Memoirs (PDF file): “[] in 1986, [] I almost killed my wife, Donna, on Mt. Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies.” – George Loewenstein has extensively written about the motivation of mountain climbers and their appreciation of risk. – … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, People, Psychology
Tagged George Loewenstein, InTrade, John Delaney, mountain climbers, mountain climbing, Psychology, risk, risks, rock climbers, rock climbing, Sport, Sports
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$42 million invested in WeatherBill – [P.R.]
WeatherBill may fundamentally change the risk profile of the global agriculture industry. http://www.weatherbill.com/
Posted in Betting, Finance, Hedging & Insurance
Tagged Google Ventures, Hedging, investing, investments, risk, risks, WeatherBill
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Cantor Gaming
Cantor Gaming @ NYT.
Posted in Betting
Tagged bets, Betting, bettors, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor Gaming, Gambling, Las Vegas, risk, spread betting
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Risks pay off —sometimes. – [VIDEO]
Peter Diamandis on risks and innovation: Peter Diamandis: ACCEPTING RISK: Finally I’d like to address the issue of risk. In contrast to individuals who speak about reducing exposure to risk, I want to speak in favor of accepting more risk. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Inventions & Innovations
Tagged aviation, Entrepreneurship, innovation, inventions, Peter Diamandis, prizes, risk, risks, space, X PRIZE
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Why does the CFTC allow the Cantor Exchange and not InTrade?
Joe Weisenthal has a small opinion piece on why the CFTC allows real-money prediction markets on movie business, and bans those on politics or sports. The problem in the piece is that Joe is 100% wrong. Joe says that there … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Exchanges & Markets, Hedging & Insurance, Politics, Regulations
Tagged Cantor Exchange, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Hedging, hedging risk, hedging risks, hedging your political ads, InTrade, laws, Regulations, risk, risk hedging, risks, US CFTC, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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How Paul Volcker will save the world
Paul Volcker: The specific points at issue are ownership or sponsorship of hedge funds and private equity funds, and proprietary trading — that is, placing bank capital at risk in the search of speculative profit rather than in response to … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Regulations
Tagged banking regulations, banks, central banks, commercial banks, economic crisis, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, financial regulations, financial system, financial systems, hedge funds, investment banks, laws, Paul Volcker, Regulations, risk, risks, systemic risk, systemick risks
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Explosive Risk
[(Leverage + Short Term Funding)*Opaqueness]^Hubris = Explosive Risk
Posted in Finance, The Global Economy
Tagged banks, Business, credit, Finance, Financial Markets, leveraged finance, risk, risks, Wall Street
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Businesses fear the proposals being considered by the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, would cut the long menu of futures and options contracts now available, making it more expensive or even impossible for companies to hedge their risks.
“Industries are pushing back against proposed European Union rules intended to limit the risks that derivatives may pose to the financial system.”