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.”
diegosegura.meDiego Segura
Assume, again, a one percentage- point drop in the bonds’ respective yields. In that case, the U.S. Treasury 1.875s of 2051 would rally by 24%, to 74.30 from 60.15, and the on-the-run 30-year Treasury, the 4.125s of 2053, by 19%, to 116.69 from 97.91.
When we did Smartwater with Jennifer Aniston , that was the first time I saw an equity-cash combo deal, when Jennifer was a part owner of the company, which then sold to Coke [for $4.1 billion in cash].
The Tao of Shemarya
I should mention one sort of initial tactic that usually doesn't work: the Big Launch. I occasionally meet founders who seem to believe startups are projectiles rather than powered aircraft, and that they'll make it big if and only if they're launched with sufficient initial velocity. They want to launch simultaneously in 8 different publications,... See more
Paul Graham • Do things that don't scale : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator
Holed up in a room with a whiteboard, the founders sketched out what an ideal insurer would look like—from a Millennial’s point of view. It would be online only (no paper or insurance brokers), low-cost, easy to deal with and “trustworthy.” They weren’t naïve about needing insurance expertise and, in May 2015, recruited Ty Sagalow, a 36-year... See more
Jeff Kauflin • First, Fire All The Brokers: How Lemonade, A Millennial-Loved Fintech Unicorn, Is Disrupting The Insurance Business
Bloomberg reported last year that one of these vessels, the 115m long Amur 2501 had taken on grain at Sevastopol in early July before heading to the Kerch Strait where it conducted what is known as a ship to ship transfer, effectively offloading the grain it was carrying on to another vessel while at sea. This other vessel then went on to deliver... See more
Bellingcat Investigation Team • Russia’s Ghost Ships and the Evolution of a Grain Smuggling Operation - bellingcat
In another YouTube-generated video, Shukla sings: “Leave India if you are scared of saffron”. The Hindu right-wing has appropriated the colour saffron, which is often prevalent in demonstrations against Muslims.
Pooja Chaudhuri • YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India - bellingcat
BW: Speaking of pace, how long do these collaborations take, from the first conversation to product launch?
EDV: I would say it’s two to two and a half years until release. Defining the products, where we come up with what we’re going to do, would take at least a year. We define how we’re going to collaborate artistically together, and then... See more
EDV: I would say it’s two to two and a half years until release. Defining the products, where we come up with what we’re going to do, would take at least a year. We define how we’re going to collaborate artistically together, and then... See more
Brenda's Business with Rimowa's EMELIE DE VITIS
“I have to tell you, I was the only person there whose name I didn’t know,” Heilpern says.
Michael Schulman • The Legacy of Interview Magazine and a Trip to 1988
Farley conceded that there are “a lot of underwater bonds in the banking system and that can pose financial stability risks because banks are leveraged institutions. If it’s levered 10 to 1 and you have a 10 percent loss, all the equity is gone.” Which, of course, is exactly what happened to Bear Stearns, which at times was levered 50 to 1, meaning... See more