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10 Weekend Reads

Barry Ritholtz

He manages a diversified portfolio of late-stage growth equity in technology, consumer, health care, and financial services sectors. ( Big Think ) • School of Hard Laughs : A rabbi, Jay Leno and a Proud Boys lawyer walk into a bar … for Adam Carolla’s inaugural Comedy Fantasy Camp. trillion in client assets.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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The Middle East is the only region that saw a decrease in sovereign CDS spreads, as oil, the primary mechanism for monetization in this region, saw its price surge during the last few weeks. Consumer Confidence and Economic Growth. The Canadian sovereign CDS spread widened, but US and EU country spreads remained relatively stable.

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Why It Pays To Break A 108-Year-Old Curse

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It’s pretty rare to see a huge surge of travelers into October, November.”. While there’s no doubt that an event like the World Series generates revenue from things like tourism and increased ticket sales, it’s still a big jump from people spending more money at games to the stimulation of growth in the local economy.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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The Middle East is the only region that saw a decrease in sovereign CDS spreads, as oil, the primary mechanism for monetization in this region, saw its price surge during the last few weeks. The Canadian sovereign CDS spread widened, but US and EU country spreads remained relatively stable.

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AI And A Consumer’s Curated Path To Purchase

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AI, for example, provides insight into how marketplaces can dynamically set their pricing — something most clearly illustrated by Uber and other ridesharing services that can look at historical use patterns, geography and on-site eccentricities (road work or a blizzard, for example) to price and surge-price their fares.

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Transcript: John Hope Bryant

Barry Ritholtz

And how is it that you, what’s this car that’s in the parking lot, it’s got plates on it and a tag and it’s brand new. I wanted to build wealth for myself so that I did not have to continue to go begging to a philanthropist to help Operation HOPE with its growth. You don’t do any dirty work.

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Apple’s Ecosystem X-Factor And The iPhone(s) 8 Conundrum

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Perhaps the looming $999 price tag has something to do with it? Coming into the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported, slow iPhone sales may, in fact, presage a surge in demand for the X. The X factors heavily into sell-side forecasts for double-digit growth (in unit sales) on Wall Street moving forward. Perhaps so.