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Veblen Paradox – What is it? and what are its implications?

What is it? The Veblen Paradox, named after the American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen, describes a situation in which people's demand for certain goods increases as their prices rise, contrary to the typical law of demand. This paradox occurs with Veblen...

The wisdom of Richard Feynman

I have always been a big fan of Richard Feynman since I saw him on the Challenger Space Shuttle commission where he discovered the cause of the crash by using a G-clamp, some ice, an O-Ring and a glass.  (Look it up on You-Tube). However he is a renowned...

Self awareness – Is this the most important skill?

There is a massive amount of discussion and debate regarding what skills are the most important in life (both professional and personal). However, I would like to argue that self-awareness is the most important critical skill of them all. What is self-awareness?...

Quantitative Investment – Dark Art or something much simpler?

A lot has been written about Quantitative investing which often portrays it as some sort of Jedi dark art, but the reality is much simpler although it does have its pros and cons. Quantitative investment. often referred to as quant investing or quantitative trading,...

Photos from Paul Taylor moderating TSAM London on 1st May 2024.

I was delighted to moderate TSAM Technology & Automation stream on 1st May 2024 in London UK covering Legacy System Integration Optimising Workflows Automating Corporate Actions Automating content production Cloud migration Tackling data fragmentation Improving...

The Y2K38 Bug – Only 14 years to go

The Y2K38 bug is a potential computer problem similar to the Y2K (Year 2000) bug, but occurring in the year 2038. In computing, dates are often stored as the number of seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, which is known as the Unix epoch. This number is usually...