Kiva Loan History

Here is my loan repayment history so far on Kiva. This has all been from a $100 loan. 13/16 loans already 100% paid back, 3 loan’s in the process of being paid back. I am choosing the loans and try to lend to institutions who have a great repayment history / low risk for housing, … Read more

Congrats Janet Yellen – Now in the Pilot’s seat

Congrats Janet Yellen on your appointment to the Fed as Chairwoman. Akerlof and Schiller are your inner-circle, pretty sweet. That’s a lot of Nobel laureates over for dinner at one time. I am very glad the most qualified candidate is female – that is you! Less joyous regarding the dovish stance on rates however. Being … Read more

America’s Founding Fathers and Silicon Valley

Don’t have this figured out.. but what is the relationship between america’s first founders and silicon valley, when it comes to self-governance. There seems to be one, but it is across so many different ‘dimensions’ that its tough to describe. Successful self-governance between many parties is almost landing a bowling ball on a pin. The … Read more

Early 20th Century Innovators

We are just entering a time period, whereby people’s lives, songs, videos photos, documents (classified or declassified) are entering into the public record. History is much more real, when you can see and hear in film what things were like. Recently I’ve been immersed daily in both reading and watching of early 20th century american … Read more

Kelly Growth Criterion – WSS

An old article written for Wall Street Survivor reposted here. J.L. Kelly Jr. was a very interesting member of the famed Bell Labs. There is a new book published this year, 2012 about Bell Labs incidentally called: The Idea Factory, by John Gertner. Peguin 2012 | http://www.amazon.com/The-Idea-Factory-American-Innovation/dp/1594203288 Enjoy! By Alwin Tong, for Wall Street Survivor … Read more