This saga has been endlessly fascinating and especially interesting to watch unfold on Twitter in literal real time. I am absolutely certain this is one of the most complicated Mergers and Acquisitions deals to befuddle Wall Street in a in quite awhile. This deal dynamic has an interesting twist…

Florida pension fund sues Elon Musk over Twitter deal | Engadget Elon Musk's $44 billion buyout of Twitter is facing its first legal challenge. A Florida pension fund is suing Musk and…www.engadget.com “The Orlando Police Pension Fund says the deal can’t close until 2025.” This article caught my eye as I’ve been closely following the ongoing Elon Musk drama with Twitter. …

Obviously this has been a volatile year so far for every asset class, whether in technology, or crypto, or oil, or bonds, or the S&P 500, or even cash! …

This is a great topic that I think needs to be discussed for sure. In 2006 at MIT, the finance and economics gospel was always passive investing. The market is all mighty, all efficient, you can never beat it, etc. Just buy the S&P 500 and do nothing, and…

History really does repeat itself. While technology and the world have changed dramatically since the Wall Street of the 1980s, incentives and human nature have not. This is an unplanned part 2 to my original post giving my take on the Elon vs Twitter saga, spurred by this recent Tweet…

Ooooh, boy! This is one of those, grab some popcorn situations if you are a finance geek. There is a reason that in the realm of investment banking, Mergers and Acquisitions is considered one of the sexiest jobs out there. …

I’m amazed how Netflix’s “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” series has actually made F1 popular here in the United States. My early 20s neighbors told me last week how into the sport they are — and while this might seem normal today, it wasn’t always the case. I started following…

I laughed when I was rooting through some of my old photos. A lot of people don’t realize that you can’t actually just study Computer Science at MIT. It’s always part of the broader course discipline of “Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.” For the sadistic TAs who tormented us on…

Truth Is Another Front in Putin’s War The Kremlin has used a barrage of increasingly outlandish falsehoods to prop up its overarching claim that the invasion…www.nytimes.com The breathlessness of the Ukraine situation, and the tactics being used by both Russia and the West show the enormous impact of information / disinformation campaigns. Controlling a narrative has become the main front of any modern confrontation.