Money and Financial Lifestyle

Hanging Out In Scenic Dayton

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:34:38 +0000

I’m here in Dayton at the R.I.S.E. forum (a very large student-focused conference on the investment world), and I’m waiting for my students to get their stuff together

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Market Meltdown Game

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:40:48 +0000

We’re getting close to the point where I cover the credit crisis in class, and it’s also almost time for March Madness (even if my UCONN Huskies have soiled the matress to the ext thqt they’ll get an early vacation)). So this comes at an ideal time - the Market Meltdown Game. Here’s the article from the American Economic Association Last August, the University of Chicago Magazine asked Allen Sanderson to create an NCAA-like tournament with four regions, brackets and seeded teams

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Stess Tests and Shaved Wookies

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:32:59 +0000

Just had a stress test (there was a minor irregularity in an EKG at my recent physical). I’d been putting in a lot of seat time (on the bike) at the gym up until about 3 weeks ago when some other problems had me stopping altogether, so I wasn’t too worried.

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Memoir of Gene Fama

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:24:57 +0000

Here’s a pretty good “brief” memoir Eugene Fama wrote for a journal. I say “brief” because it runs pretty long - but that’s to be expected given all the work that Fama has done.

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Professor’s Epic Email Response To a Tardy And Entitled Student

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:13:29 +0000

Like most faculty, students coming late to class bothers me - it disrupts the class, interrupts my train of thought, and in general causes a negative externality.

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I’m Still Here

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:08:51 +0000

As several readers have noted, I haven’t been posting much lately. Mostly, I’ve been working - trying to get ahead in my classes, working on research, and in general keeping a low profile. So, here’s a brief update on things

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Preparing for Obama’s SOTU Address

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:52:02 +0000

I might tune into the SOTU (State Of The Union) address tonight. Unfortunately, I have to watch the Unknown Kids (unknown Wife has a girls night out). If I weren’t, I might be willing to try one of the following SOTU drinking games: From the Huffington Post From the San Francisco Chronicle From the New York Daily News But, since I have to watch the kids (and I want to have a liver once I’m 60), I guess I’ll just have to content myself with SOTU Bingo .

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R.I.P. Mark Bertus (12/21/1971 - 1/26/2010)

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:53:43 +0000

A serious and sad note today - Mark Bertus (a finance prof at Auburn University) passed away early this morning at the age of 38 after a long battle with cancer. He leaves behind a wife and three children, and is now pain free and in the presense of Joy Himself Those of you who knew him can read the story of his last couple of years as chronicled by his wife Rhonda at their blog .

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Inconceivable!

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:36:09 +0000

I don’t discuss it much on the blog, but those of you who know me know that I’m a bit of a political junkie. So, I’ve been watching the goings on in the Massachusetts Senate race the last few weeks. I grew up in a neighboring state, and was fed a regular serving of Kennedy media in my younger years

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Fun With Faculty Parking

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:47:10 +0000

I was watching the Unknown Baby Boy today while the Unknown Wife went to physical therapy (she recently threw her back out - luckily, it’s gotten better). So, I got to my office later than expected. When I did, it was raining a bit, and the faculty lot behind my building was full

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