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Category Archives: Investing
Some Thoughts on Investing from My Recent Interview
In the first few years of this blog I posted occasionally, but still much more than the last few years, on investing and economics. Now I mainly post on those topics on the Curious Cat Investing and Economics blog (see … Continue reading
Posted in Health care, Investing
Tagged Apple, Google, Health care, Investing, John Hunter
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Toyota Posts Record Profit: Splits $15 million in Pay and Bonus for top 21 Executives
After posting record profits of $17.9 billion Toyota proposes to increase the pay and bonus for the top 21 executives to $14.9 million. That is not as you might expect just the increase in the bonus to the CEO. That … Continue reading
The Market Discounts Proven Company Leadership Far Too Quickly
Developing a strong executive leadership culture is not a short term effort. It isn’t based on one person. It almost never deteriorates quickly. Yet markets continually overact to minor blips on the long term success of companies. I think this … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Economics, Investing
Tagged business, commentary, Investing, leadership, stockholders, Toyota
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Continual Feeding
I like growing things. I think it is part the connection to system thinking I have had since I was a kid. I like finding ways to leverage my effort so that I put in a bit of thought and … Continue reading
Posted in Investing, Management, Systems thinking
Tagged build capacity, coaching, John Hunter, managing people, Systems thinking
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Taking What You Don’t Deserve, CEO Style
The excesses to which CEO’s and their board buddies go to in taking from corporate treasuries what they don’t deserve continues to amaze me. The level to which the bad behavior is accepted is apparent in the lack of progress … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Investing, Management, Psychology, Respect
Tagged Deming, ethics, executive pay, leadership, management, overpaid executives
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When Companies Can Treat You Like an ATM, Many Will Do So
The End of Refrigeration One small custom chip, some relays, a transformer, a couple of heat sinks, and a bunch of passive parts. Maybe a build cost of $20-30 or so? But GE’s price to me was $250, plus $150 … Continue reading
6 New Kiva Loans to Manufacturing Entrepreneurs
I have been a big fan of Kiva for quite some time, and have written about it previously: Kiva – Giving Entrepreneurs an Opportunity to Succeed, Thanksgiving: Micro-financing Entrepreneurs. I made 6 new loans today to manufacturing entrepreneurs in the … Continue reading
Posted in Investing, Manufacturing
Tagged entrepreneur, Investing, Manufacturing, respect for people
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Warren Buffett’s 2010 Letter to Shareholders
Warren Buffett has published his always excellent annual shareholder letter. His letters, provide excellent investing insight and good management ideas. Yearly figures, it should be noted, are neither to be ignored nor viewed as all-important. The pace of the earth’s … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Investing, Management
Tagged evidence based management, Investing, management, Psychology, Systems thinking, Warren Buffett
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Six Sigma Interview with Jack Welch
The short video includes some interesting points by Jack Welch on six sigma. GE was a huge company and did plenty of things that could be criticized. But often those criticizing take it much to far and disregard the sensible … Continue reading
Posted in Investing, Management, Six sigma, webcast
Tagged Investing, management, management webcast, quote, Six sigma
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Kleptocrat CEOs and Their Apologists
I am disgusted by the lack of ethical and moral fiber of CEO’s (along with their cronies and apologists) in the USA. This lack comes out in many ways (see all the scandals at the too-big-to-fail banks etc.) but the … Continue reading →