To Bring News To A Boil

Posted on July 12, 2010 | by Markus Stocker

(And increase entropy along the way.) The pot was placed on the cooking stove shortly after noon with the brief announcement by NZZ that at 2pm CEST the Swiss justice minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf will announce the decision regarding the U.S. request to extradite Polanski. Since, some French rejoice «Merci la Suisse! Bravo la Suisse!» while [...]

When «li-mo-ne» Gets «limone»

Posted on April 13, 2010 | by Markus Stocker

I’m known to be, at least to myself, capable of sprouting overly enthusiasm for almost random thoughts that in my own small personal world at times feel to be like the greatest ever. Remember the feeling when you got together your first sand castle or snowman and you called for mom «watch!» or when you [...]

Memorable Days

Posted on March 14, 2010 | by Markus Stocker

Largely due to discussions on women’s rights, equality, misogyny with a woman while I was in the USA during 2008 and the resulting misery I occasionally felt for being a man following those discussions, today I’m more than ever sensitive to a particular day of March, namely the 8th of March, the day that marks [...]

Hope. Defrauded.

Posted on October 16, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Today, on my daily walk to the office, I was thinking about something; I’m afraid I don’t recall what … However, I vividly recall how what I thought lead to think about hope; it must have been something that inspired hope, was hopeful, at least to me. As soon as I materialized the word hope [...]

Listen, Leaders Are Talking

Posted on September 26, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

What an interesting day. Listen, world, listen: The World Leaders have expressed their opinions. Please, applaud, A New World Order has emerged. On one occasion, three leaders stand on a podium, with serious faces, wearing each an anthracite-black suit, tie and almost certainly well polished black shoes — hopefully without white socks. They accuse Iran [...]

What Moves Shares & (Some) Faces?

Posted on August 8, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

This recession has been also interesting, not just painful, at least for people with a curiousity for how stock markets react to news. (And, yes, there are probably dozens of other reasons for recessions to be not just interesting but even useful and necessary: They are important regulators in a feedback control loop, so, should [...]

To Consider Or Not To Consider Foreign Law

Posted on July 11, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Today, I read the following answer given by Peter V. Kunz — professor for Business and Comparative Law at the University of Bern, Switzerland — to a question in an interview with NZZ (translated from German,) Yes, American courts can ignore Swiss law — currently, there is a pronounced tendency in the USA to deliberately [...]

Linden Pollen

Posted on May 12, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

You see, recessions have something good too. They remind us, that our industrialized world average consumption style is not sustainable. We get more cautious with the grip at our own wallet, perhaps we think twice before we spend $10, do we really need this stuff? I think, all this is very healthy. Yet, the saving [...]

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 [...]

Anthony, You May Want to Take Notes

Posted on February 19, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

As Swiss citizen, today I probably ought to write a blog post on the recent evolution regarding the United States of America vs. UBS AG conflict. Having lived and worked in the US in 2008, having enjoyed a constant and mostly enriching exchange with people of diverse opinions at work and in public over an [...]

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