Comments on: TBP Conference Recap

By: CJR on CNBC, WSJ & Business Press | Bailout and Financial Crisis News

CJR on CNBC, WSJ & Business Press | Bailout and Financial Crisis News — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:00:34 +0000

[...] interest in this area goes back a long way; its the reason why I did the media panel at [...]

By: CJR on CNBC, WSJ & Business Press | The Big Picture

CJR on CNBC, WSJ & Business Press | The Big Picture — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:23:32 +0000

[...] interest in this area goes back a long way; its the reason why I did the media panel at [...]

By: Hot Links: Black Swans, DJs, CEOs, Rogers and Kass « The Reformed Broker

Hot Links: Black Swans, DJs, CEOs, Rogers and Kass « The Reformed Broker — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:11:26 +0000

[...] Barry Ritholtz’s The Big Picture Conference here in New York this week was a big success. Here are Barry’s notes from the event itself, including yet another example of why Doug Kass is The Reformed Broker’s fave commentator: Big Picture Conference. [...]

By: Onlooker from Troy

Onlooker from Troy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:48:25 +0000

@ cvienne

Spammer/troll

I suspect the infamous ned who’s all over the blogosphere with his crap. I won’t click on the link though.

Don’t bite.

By: cvienne

cvienne — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:54:42 +0000

@apld

Perhaps you should share your INFINITE WISDOM on the markets with the bloggers on this site (many of whom are skeptical that price VALUATIONS in equities are worth risking)…

So WHEN DO WE SHORT?

- 3 months from now?
- 3 years from now?
- at 1,200?
- at 1,300?

What is it in your crystal ball that allows you to make such a call?

Perhaps you’ll be correct in the end…Have we arrived at a point that it is simply ‘gambling’ to be involved with these things?

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:42:01 +0000

Invite me a gain next year

It was “all killer no filler”

By: bogwad_seigneur (the smelly one)

bogwad_seigneur (the smelly one) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:25:36 +0000

I, for one, can’t wait to see the video…do please put it on the site at the earliest possible opportunity. Glad it was such a success for you Barry.

By: plantseeds

plantseeds — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:48:53 +0000

“Alan Grayson discussed why he was an odd duck in Congress, and why the average elected representative has no idea what is going on in finance and business.”

looking forward to hearing this one and the others although I live in RI so I don’t need Alan Grayson to tell me why “my” reps and senators have no idea what is going on…..finanace and business included.

By: pmorrisonfl

pmorrisonfl — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:44:29 +0000

@supertrooper > Care to expand. What was gained and what would have been lost ?

Blurb below lifted from http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint

In corporate and government bureaucracies, the standard method for making a presentation is to talk about a list of points organized onto slides projected up on the wall. For many years, overhead projectors lit up transparencies, and slide projectors showed high-resolution 35mm slides. Now “slideware” computer programs for presentations are nearly everywhere. Early in the 21st century, several hundred million copies of Microsoft PowerPoint were turning out trillions of slides each year.

Alas, slideware often reduces the analytical quality of presentations. In particular, the popular PowerPoint templates (ready-made designs) usually weaken verbal and spatial reasoning, and almost always corrupt statistical analysis. What is the problem with PowerPoint? And how can we improve our presentations?

The associated 32-page pamphlet is great, going in to great detail on the perils of Powerpoint.

By: super_trooper

super_trooper — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:28:01 +0000

“The 2nd secret? No Powerpoint allowed. ”
Care to expand. What was gained and what would have been lost ?