Pablo Fernandez is a professor at the business school at the Universitad de Navarra, a Spanish institution. One of his area of research is how finance is taught. The idea is that students pick up concepts in class that then carry over to how they interpret finance on the job. For example, he conducts a… [Read More]
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Five Movies About Emerging Markets
These won’t make you a better investor, but they offer some insight into parts of the world that are changing. And they’re really good. Brat (Brother) (1997, Russia): This is a film about life in St. Petersburg after Perestroika. I was in St. Petersburg in 1992, and it all looks terribly familiar to me although,… [Read More]
Five Movies About Money
The blogathon comes with a list of assignments, and today’s is to write about five favorite movies. I decided to twist the topic a little and list five movies about money. All of these are great fun, for different reasons (Bonfire of the Vanities, for example, is a train wreck), and they all talk about… [Read More]
Women Need to Stop Opting Out of “Hard” Subjects, Like Finance
This is a manifesto for a Sunday. And it’s a big one, so pay attention: Girls can do math. It is okay to get a low grade in math. Math opens the doors to many well-paying careers. STOP SELF-SELECTING OUT OF GREAT OCCUPATIONS JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE A 4.0!!!!!!! AND STOP BRAGGING ABOUT… [Read More]
A Testimonial for Freedom
I have a terrible problem staying focused. I don’t know why, and in a way, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that I need to stay focused. A few years ago, my lovely friend Anne Ford told me about Freedom. It’s software that blocks Internet access for a predetermined amount of time, such as half… [Read More]
