Ayn Rand Archive
When The Chart Goes Parabolic It’s Time To Sell
January 8, 2021 · Category: Ayn Rand, Bitcoin, Everything Bubble, Instagram, Technical Analysis, TSLA, Twitter
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Economic Growth, QE Infinity and The Great Disconnect
December 31, 2020 · Category: Ayn Rand, Books, Economics, Everything Bubble, Federal Reserve, Instagram
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The New York Times Profiles BB&T’s Philosopher-Businessman CEO
August 2, 2009 · Category: Ayn Rand, Business Culture and Current Events
Over much of the last four decades, John A. Allison IV built BB&T from a local bank in North Carolina into a regional powerhouse that has weathered the economic crisis far better than many of its troubled ...
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Second Guessing The Maestro: Greenspan’s Reputation Under Fire
Indeed, recent research within the Federal Reserve suggests that many homeowners might have saved tens of thousands of dollars had they held adjustable-rate mortgages rather than fixed-rate mortgages during the past decade, though this would ...
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Caroline Baum: John Galt Plan Might Save US Financial System
Mr. Thompson, President of the United States: The country is in a terrible state. People are starving and giving up, the economy is falling to pieces, nobody is producing any longer. We don't know what ...
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Barron’s Economics Columnist Pens Two Excellent Columns On The Gold Standard
The last two weeks, Barron's economics columnist Gene Epstein has written an excellent two part case for gold:
"Greenspan Was Right: The Case for Gold, Part I" (subscription required)
"Restoring Balance: The Case for Gold, Part II" (subscription ...
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The Atlasphere Publishes My Expanded Review Of “An American Hedge Fund”
The Atlasphere, a site for fans of Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged, has published my expanded review of An American Hedge Fund, by Tim Sykes: "The Odyssey of Star Stock Trader Tim Sykes".
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Uncle Ben: Shiznit
Shiznit, adj: (1) the best (2) the greatest in a certain category or universally (3) gaddam' phenomenal, bi-atch!
In the spirit of "Malibu's Most Wanted", which I had the pleasure of watching last night, and on ...
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Victor Niederhoffer Runs Into Trouble …. Again
October 10, 2007 · Category: Ayn Rand, Business Culture and Current Events
"In America, they give you a second chance but not a third."
- Victor Niederhoffer
In its most recent issue, The New Yorker ran a fascinating profile of trader and hedge fund manager Victor Niederhoffer.
During the 1990s, Niederhoffer, ...
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50th Anniversary Of “Atlas Shrugged”; Thank You Ayn Rand
October 10, 2007 · Category: Ayn Rand, Business and Investment Philosophy, Business Culture and Current Events, Culture and Current Events
50 years ago today one of the truly great books of the 20th century was published: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
The hostility evoked by any mention of Rand's name is of course a given.
But at root ...
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