As usual, these are my favorite recent articles. Energy Bill Ryerson – Dealing With The Elephant In The Room: Overpopulation [very inspiring podcast / article; it’s all about education] Now, I’ve heard a lot of environmentalists say ‘Well, population doesn’t matter’ because the real culprits in climate change are the high consumers of the West who … More World News Aggregation Week 17 to 21
So apparently, Windows has an option, to increase the size of all items on the screen. But the most valued company on earth does not have the luxury to implement such a feature… The ONLY option to make text bigger is by lowering the resolution of the display. How it looks now (in 2560 x … More Tech Rants #1 – Apple Screen Magnifier?!
Everything began on my end-of-undergraduate-studies-vacation on Hawaii in the summer of 2013. Together with my good friend Arnaud, we wanted to significantly sharpen our kitesurfing skills. Unfortunately, not everything went according to plan for me as I broke my foot on a coral reef on day 4 out of 45 planned… Although Arnaud was now … More Kitesurfing Dakhla (Video & Photos)
Though my past 10 weeks were quite travel intensive, I probably still didn’t miss that many great Zero Hedge articles :). Here are my favorite ones (and some more, in particular also from Bloomberg New Energy Finance). Geopolitics PetroYuan Futures Open – Over 10 BillIon Notional Trades In First Hour In Unprecedented Move, China Plans … More World News Aggregation Week 7 to 16
In the coming week, the senate of the University of Göttingen will decide on new investment guidelines, in particular with respect to removing the fossil fuel industry from their list of possible investments. To bring attention to this important decision, Fossil Free Göttingen asked me to help them out with a small edit of their … More Fossil Free Göttingen Divestment Campaign (Video)
The main theme in financial markets over the past weeks has without a doubt been volatility.
Volatility in finance is used to measure how much prices of an asset changes over time. There are two kinds of volatility that are of particular interest: realized volatility, i.e. a measure of how much prices changed in the past and expected volatility, i.e. a measure of how much prices are expected to change in the future. While realized volatility cannot really be traded, expected volatility can. Indirectly this is done by selling insurances on an asset price, i.e. options, or in a fancier way by exotic derivatives that directly reflect the expected volatility of the underlying asset. … More World News Aggregation Week 3, 4, 5 & 6 – Volatility in Finance
Energy, AI and Technology, Geopolitics, Finance and some personal thoughts on my readings. … More What I Read Week 51, 52, 1 & 2
Finance This Is The “Dilemma From Hell Facing CBs” Jim Grant Interviews Alan Fournier: “Pension Funds Are So Desperate For Yield, They’re Systemically Selling Vol…” After $150 Billion Buying Binge, ‘Tokyo Whale’ Seen Paring Back ETF Purchases In 2018 Here’s How One Former Hedge Fund Manager Plans To Democratize Financial Information [Real Vision behind the scenes] … More What I Read: Week 48, 49 and 50 | 2017
Articles I found particularly interesting this week. Geopolitics Libyan Slave Markets Create Diplomatic Storm In Africa, UN Security Council To Meet Unsealed Fusion GPS Bank Records Reveal $523K Payment From Russian Money Launderer Afghan War Intensifies: US Stealth Fighters Target Narcotics Production Facilities JFK Files Reveal Bobby Kennedy And CIA Plotted False Flag War With … More What I Read: Week 47 | 2017
My favorite articles this week: AI Researcher Warns Skynet Killer-Robots “Easier To Achieve That Self-Driving Cars” The Moment Gary Cohn Realized His Entire Economic Policy Is A Disaster Fed Hints During Next Recession It Will Roll Out Income Targeting, NIRP Can You Do A Backflip? Because This Robot Can Bank Of America: This Is What … More What I Read: Week 46 | 2017
Gordon Schücker 