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Bill Gates on His Foundation's Health and Education Campaigns 27 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
What have you learned so far about MOOCs, or massive open online courses? Are they a superior alternative to traditional classrooms, or is this the best available solution for students who can’t atten...
Why I spent 10th grade online - By Sophia Pink 27 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
The debate about online education is polarized — it’s either a grand solution for schools’ troubles, or it’s a menace. For example, the Economist recently reported that, because of MOOCs, “the ivory t...
Tim Harford: The man who gives geeks a good name 27 Aug 2013 | 06:12 pm
Tim Harford can't help himself. We are navigating our way to lunch in an unfamiliar city and I am momentarily disorientated by the mass of visual paraphernalia at a busy crossing. My hesitation is his...
Stocks as overvalued now as at 2007 high - By Mark Hulbert 27 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
Here’s yet another reason to be worried about the stock market: A valuation model with an impressive record says that stocks are as overvalued today as they were at the 2007 stock market peak. The mo...
Great Moments in Hot Stock Tips - By Jason Zweig 27 Aug 2013 | 12:09 am
Exactly 293 years ago today, the great English poet Alexander Pope was beside himself with excitement. On Aug. 22, 1720, he wrote to his friend, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: “I was made acquainted lat...
Howard Marks interviewed by Hugo Scott-Gall 26 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
Via Zero Hedge: Hugo Scott-Gall: How can we understand investor psychology and use it to make investment decisions? Howard Marks: It's the swings of psychology that get people into the biggest troub...
Hussman Weekly Market Comment: The Outlook Will Shift as Conditions Shift 26 Aug 2013 | 05:43 pm
Our investment outlook will shift as market conditions shift, and we will lean toward a more constructive stance when conditions support it. There are straightforward ways to do that while still remai...
John Mauldin: France: On the Edge of the Periphery 25 Aug 2013 | 07:21 pm
Recently there have been a spate of horrific train wrecks in the news. Almost inevitably we find out there was human error involved. Almost four years ago I began writing about the coming train wreck ...
Tim Harford: A lesson from the other ‘sage’ of investing 25 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
In his famous letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in 1988, Warren Buffett declared: “When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favourite holding period is ...
Warren Buffett on Financial Audits, Corporate Boards, and U.S. Business Regulation (2007) 24 Aug 2013 | 04:03 am
Found via the Corner of Berkshire & Fairfax. It looks like there's two different panels and I haven't watched them yet, but along with Buffett, you have Hank Paulson, Jamie Dimon, John Thain, Jeff Imm...
