Water Flows Down The Sink

Posted on March 27, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

I believe, my beard shaving career started when I was 13 or 14. The process, shaving, is repeated perhaps once or twice a week and the technique has never changed over the years: it involves blades, shaving foam and water. A lot of water. I have been shaving my beard roughly 75 times a year [...]

Experiment: Stock Markets

Posted on March 26, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

From the New York Times, U.S. to Detail Plan to Rein In Finance World, The Obama administration will detail on Thursday a wide-ranging plan to overhaul financial regulation by subjecting hedge funds and traders of exotic financial instruments, now among the biggest and most freewheeling players on Wall Street, to potentially strict new government supervision, [...]

What Moves Stock Markets?

Posted on March 24, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

I think, today was an exciting day, at least from the question’s point of view “what moves stock markets?” The facts. First, the Obama administration officially presented the plan to buy up to $1 trillion in risky assets. Second, stock markets around the world closed higher; at the close, the Dow Jones industrial average was [...]

Pursuit Of Peace

Posted on March 17, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Do we strive enough for peace? By we, I mean humans, women and men. By peace, I mean a feeling that our own one-to-self, one-to-one, one-to-many relationships are healthy, balanced or – plain and simply – OK. Personally, I don’t think we generally aspire for peace as much as we ought to. I believe, the [...]

The Conservation Of Money

Posted on March 12, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Recently, I have been reading about the current financial crisis, macro-/micro-economic theories, testimonies of brokers specialized in derivatives, options, futures, swaps and other fantastic inventions in the world of financial instruments. If nothing else, I have learned two things. First, this is yet another world I don’t understand, not even grasp. Second, the financial world [...]

Das Zugsfenster

Posted on March 9, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

In die Tiefe der Nacht, schaut das breite Fenster. Hindurch wandert mein Blick. Von der Finsterkeit entführt, geht er verloren. Draussen, vor dem Fenster, eilt die Realität vorüber, von der rollenden Maschine gehetzt und gejagen. Von links nach rechts erscheint und schwindet sie, zur Unerkennbarkeit verschwommen, wie unscharfe Bilder eines Filmstreifens, welcher sich, ohne Bitte, [...]

It All Makes Perfect Sense

Posted on March 6, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

I consider Roger Waters to be one of the greatest artists in contemporary music. A pleasant side effect of understanding a little bit of English language is, English songs make sense not merely because of their music but because of their lyrics too. This was not always the case in my life. Actually, it wasn’t [...]

We Have Exciting Times Ahead

Posted on March 1, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Uh? Aren’t we in recession? Tirelessly we monitor, discuss, worry and speculate about man made meta systems, from stock markets, businesses and government bailouts, to credit systems. Right now, many seem to be failing, or at least heading towards directions most consider worrisome. Should we care? The opinions vary. Our man made meta systems are [...]

 

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