Archive for the ‘finance’ category: Page 110
Dec 15, 2017
Bioquark Inc. — CEO in 10 Podcast
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, biotech/medical, business, cryonics, DNA, finance, futurism, genetics
Dec 11, 2017
Bitcoin Fair Value Calculation
Posted by Philip Raymond in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, economics, finance, government
In an April 2014 article, I demonstrated how one might approach a fair Bitcoin valuation.
- Original Methodology: What fraction of the daily float
needed to support daily global commerce will Bitcoin capture?
My methodology was based on the demand that Bitcoin would generate if it displaced a small fraction of cash and credit used for retail and commercial payments around the world. At the time, Bitcoin had a value of USD $450. I estimated that if it captured 5% of global payments, it would have a fair value of about $10,000/BTC (I didn’t complete the calculation—I left that up to the reader. That’s because I was concerned that publishing such a prediction would cause me to lose credibility as an economist and blogger. For what it is worth, I also predicted that a rise to $10,000 would take 5~8 years.
As you might imagine, my friends and family urged me to unload my BTC investment. The April 2014 price of $450/BTC seemed very high to most armchair analysts. After all, thirteen months earlier, it had been just $45.
Dec 8, 2017
Insurance Companies Are Now Offering Discounts if Your Let Your Tesla Drive Itself
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: finance, robotics/AI, transportation
While accidents have happened, one of the most appealing things about autonomous vehicles is their capacity to make our roads a safer place. Now, insurance companies are starting to offer financial incentives to promote adoption.
Britain’s largest automobile insurance company, Direct Line, has announced a 5 percent discount for customers who activate Autopilot functionality in their Tesla. It follows in the footsteps of Root, a startup that offers a similar promotion across nine states in the US.
Dec 4, 2017
Companies with strong ESG credentials make better investments — By Aliya Ram | Financial Times
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, finance, governance
“ “What we can say now is that the impact [of ESG issues] on risk, volatility and valuation is clearly statistically significant.” ”
Dec 1, 2017
Canada tests ‘basic income’ effect on poverty amid lost jobs
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, economics, employment, finance, food, government, security
Ontario intends to provide a basic income to 4,000 people in three different communities as part of an experiment that seeks to evaluate whether providing more money to people on public assistance or low incomes will make a significant material difference in their lives. How people like Button respond over the next three years is being closely watched by social scientists, economists and policymakers in Canada and around the world.
Former security guard Tim Button considers how a sudden increase in his income from an unusual social experiment has changed his life in this Canadian industrial city along the shore of Lake Ontario.
Sipping coffee in a Tim Horton’s doughnut shop, Button says he has been unable to work because of a fall from a roof, and the financial boost from Ontario Province’s new “basic income” program has enabled him to make plans to visit distant family for Christmas for the first time in years. It has also prompted him to eat healthier, schedule a long-postponed trip to the dentist and mull taking a course to help him get back to work.
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Nov 27, 2017
The outdated practice of Quarterly Earnings Guidance — By Sakis Kotsantonis | LinkedIn
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, finance, governance
“We found that guidance policy had no effect on valuation whatsoever. As for the claim that it reduces volatility, we found that the opposite is true, companies offering annual range EPS guidance over the same period experienced lower volatility around earnings reporting periods when compared with those that issued quarterly guidance.”
Nov 27, 2017
Meeting Directors’ Demands for Information — By Chris Schmidt | CFO
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: finance, governance
“After decades of investing in finance, treasury, and risk management systems, why are some CFOs still not able to meet their boards’ expectations for information and insights?”
Nov 27, 2017
The craze for ethical investment has reached Japan — The Economist
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: finance
“In 2014–16 funds invested in ESG assets grew faster in Japan than anywhere else (and not just because of better reporting and a low base).”
Nov 27, 2017
If We Let China or Russia Win the Artificial Intelligence Race, We’re ‘SOL’ – Mark Cuban
Posted by Müslüm Yildiz in categories: business, finance, internet, robotics/AI
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mark Cuban has seen a ton of change since he first got in the technology business in 1982, but he argues that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to “change everything, 180 degrees.”
He warns that if the U.S. allows other countries to take the lead in AI, then it’ll be “SOL,” an acronym that employs profanity to communicate urgency.