Ron Sipherd
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According to my profile, I see I have 0 ideas. I'm sure I had at least one when I was a child but I must have forgotten it. Still, I'm not sure having no ideas is a bad thing. Think of all the wars, crusades, or just barroom brawls that have gotten started because somebody had an idea. And a goal of meditation after all is to empty one's mind and achieve perfect stillness; evidently I'm already there. I believe that all in all I like my present status. Of course if I were to post this, I would show up as having 1 idea, like the man who was said to have had only one idea in his whole life and it was wrong. … Read More
March 29, 2008 |
Ron Sipherd commented on Re: What are the great issues facing the legal system today? on January 10, 2008, 6:58 PM
Surely the courtroom is not the place to decide on major issues of public policy, or there would be no point in electing a legislature. Besides, the great issues have already been resolved by taxi drivers and barbers; just ask them.
Ron Sipherd commented on Recent low volatility is contributing to excess market risk on January 8, 2008, 12:16 PM
My unsystematic perception is that the stock market has been unusually volatile in the last several months, with three-digit swings in the Dow Industrials more common than in the past. Even after adjusting for inflation I would have said volatility is up, which undercuts the premise of the headline. I also wonder if the US is "in the middle part of the economic cycle", unless Mr. Dalio defines it differently from how I understand those terms.
Ron Sipherd commented on Recent low volatility is contributing to excess market risk on January 8, 2008, 7:16 AM
My unsystematic perception is that the stock market has been unusually volatile in the last several months, with three-digit swings in the Dow Industrials more common than in the past. Even after adjusting for inflation I would have said volatility is up, which undercuts the premise of the headline. I also wonder if the US is "in the middle part of the economic cycle", unless Mr. Dalio defines it differently from how I understand those terms.
Intellectual-property attorney and information technology manager. Activities: automation and communications project management; software license drafting and negotiation; eating till sleepy, sleeping till hungry. When not advising the Federal Reserve on macro-economic policies, can usually be found stretched out on the sidewalk at Sixth and Mission in San Francisco, clutching a bottle of muscatel in a brown paper bag and arguing with invisible adversaries.
Ron Sipherd commented on Re: What are the great issues facing the legal system today? on January 10, 2008, 11:58 PM
Surely the courtroom is not the place to decide on major issues of public policy, or there would be no point in electing a legislature. Besides, the great issues have already been resolved by taxi drivers and barbers; just ask them.