google released an ngram viewer for their book database
I just yeah, I was just gonna say he is one of our, you know, top guys I who’s been known as being fairly accurate.
—Firm Employee-3, remarking on CC-1 and his particular predictive power: via SEC Complaint against Don Chu
On the spot. All depends on the person. It, some guys willing to talk, some are not….I’m nervous.
It’s my pleasure to assist you. Certainly will set up these meetings for you while you come over then. As always, hope to assist you to make $$ in the Market.
—Don Ching Trang Chu
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Watch the full episode. See more Mark Twain Prize.
The soft patch is behind us. We have a little more momentum. Employers are getting a bit more optimistic about the outlook and don’t need to cut costs like before.
—Jonathan Basile, an economist at Credit Suisse: via Bloomberg
The rich are always going to say…just give us more money and we’ll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.
—Warren Buffet: via Bloomberg
The Pimco Bravo fund, short for Bank Recapitalization and Value Opportunities, will acquire commercial and residential mortgage loans and other debt, according to a prospective investor who asked not to be named because the capital raising is private. Pimco plans to work with a loan servicer to renegotiate the terms of the acquired debt directly with creditors
—Bloomberg News on Pimco’s upcoming launch of a distressed mortgage fund
Much of the data pertaining to past economic performance available in today’s electronic databases differs from what was originally reported. What was initially reported was frequently incorrect or incomplete, and has since been revised and updated based on new information. In order to understand and create models of how economies and financial markets behave, however, economists often need to know what data was available to the public and to policy makers at a given point in time.
–Paraphrase of Katrina L Stierholz, Research Information Officer and Director of Library and Research Information, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, presenting What Old News Tells Us That Data Does Not: The Uses of News Reports in Monetary Policy Research: via Center For Research Libraries
He heard one of them say, “I’m not even French.”
—Wes Anderson: via UT Analecta
the wine sits and waits for us in my cellar!
—Co-Portfolio Manager 1, emailing Dr. Benhamou, named co-conspirator in the latest insider trading scandal who was affiliated with an unnamed entity paid by FrontPoint “substantial fees…for which Benhamou worked as a consultant so that the portfolio manager and others could consult with experts in the healthcare sector”: SEC Complaint
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