Deep Blue vs AlphaGo
The chess match between Deep Blue and Gary Kasparov seemed to receive more press than the recent go match between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol, which is »
Which apartments are rent controlled?
Recently I've wondered why some apartments are rent controlled and others aren't. Intuitively, it seems like legislation should make it one way or the other. Tenants »
Grateful for health
Health is surprisingly difficult to define. And often, we take it for granted until we no longer have it. Health is isn't something you can buy; »
Go where the growth is
Growth investing is about finding investments that have good prospects of growing faster than the rest of the market. It turns out, this mindset is also »
Switch to universal time
Daylight savings time was originally devised to save electricity. But, its current effectiveness is heavily disputed and it's known to negatively affect public safety, health, and »
Recruiting via BFS vs DFS
Breadth first search focuses on examining one level of data at a time, while depth first search exhaustively investigates one line of inquiry to completion before »
Comfort in talking to strangers
Usually I shy away from talking to people sitting next to me on long-haul flights. Sometimes I even pretend to fall asleep before takeoff to avoid »
Perverse incentive of high water marks
Performance fees are typically only paid on increases in a fund's net asset value over the previous high water mark (the highest net asset value to »
Fund of funds
Even if you have enough cash to meet the demanding minimum requirements to invest in a high-performing hedge fund, it's hard to gain access because fund »
Low volatility anomaly
If you compare the returns from a basket of the lowest beta stocks in the Russell 1000 to the returns from a basket of highest beta »