#Investment

Did you know that between 1912 and 1956, the Moroccan city of Tangier was run by the imperial powers as an "International Zone"? By the early 1950s 3/4 of its
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A retrospective on a previous thread, with updated beliefs and added nuance:https://twitter.com/_prestwich/status/966524837987475456 Still believe this, with additional nuance. We're looking to specifically un-learn traditional wisdom a
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I said this on FB earlier but to add to the wise words of @Paul_A_Foster and others on the paywall situation in local news and readers' response to it -
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TinySeed (the first fund I ever invested in) is raising Fund 2. They describe the goal as making an index of early stage B2B SaaS companies.The memo is here, and
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1/ In government, there is a flawed belief that software development is a skill that they cannot afford, but software governance is a generalist’s domain, and any required specialist skills
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Today's tweet thread is about how LPs (fund investors) make money (or don't) by investing into funds. When do they send the money to the fund? When do they get
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Having spent time discussing COVID with Sweden based friends I’ve reaccessed some of my earlier thoughts on this.I still think the Swedish strategy deeply flawed - particularly if COVID doesn’t
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NEW @AngusTaylorMP announcements 1) Expanding the successful Renewable Energy Agency @ARENA_aus & Clean Energy Finance Corp @CEFCAus to fund FOSSIL FUELSProbably through 'clean hydrogen' made from coal and gas.Thats just
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If a black man can be a billionaire, another a president, another a multimillion dollar railroad executive, it is not lack of opportunity, it is lack of ability brought forth
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George Soros Investment Strategies ExplainedSo many ppl talk about Soros ("he broke the Bank of England!", "Reflexivity FTW!") but it's so hard to find clear, easy-to-follow explanations of:- i.) what
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There's a lot of talk about crypto prime brokers.But, full-service prime brokerage does NOT exist in crypto.A one-stop shop for spot and derivatives execution, lending, reporting, clearing, and custody not
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[1] In light of the #COVID19 global pandemic, the Kenyan economy is set to experience unprecedented shock, with an estimated impact of 10% (optimist) to 25% (pessimist) on GDP growth
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There are now a total of 55 banks operating on R3 Corda in the Spunta project. No, it has nothing to do with Ripple or XRP, but it is a
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Study of 6,794 Gates Foundation proposals finds female proposals are scored lower than male ones, even w/ blind review process. Key reason is men use more broad descriptive words, women
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mad about muv luv alternative again "Why are you mad about muv-luv alternative. What is that" you may askmuv-luv alternative is the highest rated visual novel on VNDB, a crowdsourced
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1/ Today, @Lululemon announced its planned acquisition of @getthemirror. Congrats to @BrynnPutnam & the entire team! From prototype to blockbuster launch to an exciting outcome, I'm in awe of this
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