Diego Segura
@diegosegura
designer, writer, founder. currently obsessed with monetary theory, high finance, corporate law, regretting dropping out of high school, and sudoku. author of a 2018 book, “the dropout manifesto.”
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When measured over 20 years, methane has a GWP of around 80, but over 100 years it drops to about 30. Its GWP-500 is estimated to be below 10, with most of the damage having occurred in the early years. As the methane issue ramped up, many in the media ditched the convention of reporting GWP-100 values, claiming instead that methane is “80 times... See more
An attempt to launch a lower-priced, streetwear-inflected line, PSWL, was at odds with the main collection, and fell flat with customers.
The Nine Lives of Proenza Schouler
Proenza Schouler White Label
should absolutely reach out to them re: Terms
In the fashion industry, gatekeeping is an unspoken rule. Which sets many up for failure, burnouts, or debt. If you’re extra lucky, everything combined. This closed-door policy is a cynical paradox, considering fashion lives off the public. And yet, we are all guilty of spreading glittery narratives, differing from the notably less sparkly reality.
Brenda Weischer • BRENDA’S BUSINESS with PETER DO
“Getting a yield of less than 1% to lock up your money for up to 100 years might not sound like a great deal,” Bloomberg led its story about the com- ing of the Austria 0.85s, in June 2020, “yet the rush for safety means Austria’s century bonds [i.e., the 2.1s] have nearly doubled in value so far. That’s why the nation’s sale of new debt that... See more
it is initially strange to me that Chubb hasn't started a direct to consumer channel for individual policies, but then again having deeper relationships with the entities they insure probably makes their underwriting practice infinitely better
As stated in Section 340 of the Banking Law, “No person or other entity shall engage in the business of making loans in the principal amount of twenty-five thousand dollars or less for any loan to an individual for personal, family, household, or investment purposes and in a principal amount of fifty thousand dollars or less for business and... See more
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Mayo said he’s been talking to the Financial Accounting Standards Board and “they aren’t going to change 40 years of rules right now. So the reality is they don’t have to sell.”
The BofA $136B Dynamite Stick
40 years sounds like a long time but it's basically the length of the now-previous bond market, which i would represent as only one cycle of bond-bullishness