economics

December 31, 2007

Keynote Index Fund

A few months ago I was thinking about Apple's rise in value after the iPhone and how Steve Jobs does a great keynote every year, and naturally I thought "I wonder if there's a way to make money off quick investments around the keynotes?" Then I thought "What if you did this every year, for just a day or two of investment?"

I ran the numbers and here they are, on this new 1-page website: Keynote Index Fund

September 03, 2007

Dwell as economic indicator

While walking back from the mailbox today, I was reminded of the old "number of pages in WIRED closely matches the NASDAQ" thing as I heaved the latest Dwell magazine back to my house. I have about three or four years of back issues in my new bookshelf and just looking at the spines, it appears that the magazine has gone from ~75 pages to about 300 in each issue. That kind of bloat can't go on forever and I know they're becoming a popular brand but I have a feeling there's a direct relationship between how well people are doing financially and how much they care about how modern their house looks.

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