Monday, September 28, 2020

"Saudi Arabia Sends Blue Ammonia to Japan in World-First Shipment"

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From Bloomberg: The world’s first shipment of blue ammonia is on its way from Saudi Arabia to Japan, where it will be used in power stat...

Take Your Pick: Saudi Crude; U.S. LNG; Nord Stream 2

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From S&P Global Platts: Commodity Tracker: 5 charts to watch this week This week’s selection of key talking points from S...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

"Azerbaijan, Armenia declare martial law after clashes kill at least 16 military members"

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Not good. From The Hill: Azerbaijan and Armenia both declared martial law early Sunday after clashes killed at least 16 military member...

Carbon Markets: "102.39-Carat Flawless White Diamond Will be Unprecedentedly Offered ‘Without Reserve’ in Hong Kong"

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From The Value: Sotheby’s Hong Kong autumn auction is scheduled to be held in early October. After unveiling its highlights for the moder...

"How to blur your house on Google Street View (and why you should)"

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Very popular in Germany where even ordinary volk have a heightened sense of privacy. From Mashable: Google Street View offers up a wind...

"The 22 Most Expensive Homes in the World for Sale"

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This list is from January and I didn't have time to check if any had been sold. Additionally, since these are pre-pandemic prices you m...

"The Mysterious London Traders Accused of Manipulating Oil Markets — and the Anonymous Hedge Fund, Rare- Coin Expert, and Day Traders Who Are Fighting Back"

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From Institutional Investor: Tracking the culprits behind April 20. obert Mish is not an oil trader. He’s a numismatist — an expert in ...

"September 16, 1920: Bomb in Horse-Drawn Wagon Kills 38 on Wall Street and Injures Hundreds More!"

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From History & Headlines: A Brief History On September 16, 1920, years before the great stock market crashes of 1929 and 2008, ...

The Brothel Boss Lady Who Helped Build Seattle

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Another repost, this one from 2018: Entrepreneurs: Before There Was Bezos, The Woman Who Helped Build Seattle We haven't visited Vane...

"How to Escape A Bore "

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A repost from 2017 that may be helpful now that the Thursday afternoon salon is back on the calendar. From the New York Post: Secret c...

"The Magical Art of Selling Soap"

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From Lapham's Quarterly: The trends and tactics of the nineteenth-century wellness industry In his sweeping 1929 history of advertis...

When Asbestos Was a Gift Fit for a King

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From JSTOR Daily: File under: “don’t try this at home.” According to legend, Charlemagne liked to lay out his lavish banquets on a sparkl...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

"Mayhem in the Bank of England's Clerk's Office"

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From Delancey Place, September 15: Today's selection -- from Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013 by...

The Grand-Père Of Option Pricing Theory: Louis Bachelier

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We've looked at the work of young Mr. Bachelier, most recently in February 2020's " Following Up on "Emanuel Derman: ...

Peter Thiel on Ross Douthat's "The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success"

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Mr. Thiel writing at First Things: W hen Boeing introduced its flagship 707 jet airliner in 1958, the power to cruise at 977 kilometers ...

"The disruption con: why big tech’s favourite buzzword is nonsense"

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From The Gueardian: How one magic word became a way of justifying Silicon Valley’s unconstrained power  T here are certain phrases that...

News You Can Use: "How to Escape From a Volcano Eruption"

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Today's word is alacrity, alac·​ri·​ty :   promptness in response : cheerful readiness  — Merriam-Webster From Wired: Let’s say ...

Coronavirus May Be Evolving To Defeat Mask Wearing, Handwashing

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From the New York Post: A new COVID-19 mutation appears to be even more contagious, according to a study — and experts say it could be a ...

"Moments in money: The first tax haven"

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From Spear's Magazine: Some academics believe that tax havens have existed almost as long as the concept of tax. The earliest example...
Friday, September 25, 2020

Risk: What They Call Market Making Sure Smells Like Prop Trading

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From FT Alphaville: The prop trading that got away The Bank of England’s proprietary trading review came out this week, but it has large...