September 30, 2013Uncategorized The lowest FX volatility in Asia is… One main difference between an FX trader and a trader of physical goods is that the former usually requires at least some […]
September 29, 2013Uncategorized New updates are all on Quant.asia This website is no longer being updated, but will probably remainย up for as long as WordPress.com continues to host it for free. […]
September 27, 2013Uncategorized Friday Photo: Pacific Island Hoppers If time were no object, I would like to make my next Pacific crossing by sea. ย Unfortunately time is a very scarce […]
September 26, 2013Uncategorized Mooncake disposal, Giffen goods, and other environmental hazards of too much money Last weekend was mid-Autumn festival across the Sinosphere, and that I almost as often call it “mooncake festival” probably shows that I […]
September 20, 2013Uncategorized Friday Photo: Traffic casualties “calendar” – a reminder to drive safely This is a holiday weekend in Hong Kong, and while I don’t know as many families making road trip plans as they […]
September 19, 2013Uncategorized Going broke on a fixed income of $1,000,000/year in 2013 (or “The Yen Carry Trade almost returns”) In the first half of 2010, I advocated the “Yen Convergence trade” as an alternative to the Yen Carry trade in a […]
September 18, 2013Uncategorized Hong Kong property still double Shenzhen’s prices just a few minutes across the border Sheung Shui is a residential neighborhood over an hour away from Hong Kong island, so remote that no one I know would […]
September 17, 2013Uncategorized Retro sentiment chart: Which decade would you most like to go back to? Still one of my favorite surveys by the Economist is this one showing which decade of the 20th century respondents would like […]
September 16, 2013Uncategorized 6 Reasons NOT to learn Chinese (and 6 alternatives) Being bilingual can be a redundant waste of time in the extreme case that everyone you converse with also happen to be […]
September 13, 2013Uncategorized Celebrating 1,000 hits from over 30 countries A quick “thank you” to readers who brought this site to 1,000 hits shortly after I turned on the counter and figured […]