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I love stories like this.
March 30th, 2007
Archive for March, 2007
Google Spreadsheets and Finance
Here’s something I didn’t know about Google Spreadsheets — you can embed live financial data straight from Google Finance.
Check it out. Here’s a spreadsheet I created that lists 3 ticker symbols. In the yellow boxes, there’s a function called GoogleFinance that calculates the P/E ratio of the symbol in the adjacent cell:
And yes, it’s self-updating. Every 20 minutes.
There are other attributes you can look up on stocks, like price, Beta, market cap, earnings per share, among others. And for mutual funds there’s YTD return, Morningstar rating, and yes even more. Here’s the full list.
The last time I saw something like this, it was available as an Excel macro from Capital IQ, but only if you shelled out cash for a $10,000 subscription. Even a Cap IQ student subscription doesn’t get you the macro (I know because I have one).
Indeed, way cool.
March 30th, 2007
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6 months! Now you’re talking.
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I hope more people read this. I’ve been in the market to invest in some rental property!
March 29th, 2007
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“However, what we consider to be the biggest limitation of all would be that users cannot buy content directly from iTunes via the Apple TV.” Yep, nailed this one.
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This is good for people like me…those who use HSA funds and want to get the best deal. Still this is health care we’re talking about. Quality of service is #1.
March 27th, 2007
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My old neighborhood. I question their ‘benefits’ of going green. Less employee turnover? Are you sure that’s not a function of progressive companies that already have low churn? Give me a break.
March 22nd, 2007
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Win-win-win. Alamo gets an upgrade, the warehouse district gets room to add a new upscale bar/restaurant, and the jerk owners that ran the new Ritz are booted off Sixth Street.
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I love this blurb on Ms Barrett: “A self-described compulsive reader of memorandums written levels below her.” What an ingenious way to gauge the company’s pulse without micromanaging.
March 21st, 2007
Red Hat Challenge
Last week I was asked join a team of fellow student to join the Red Hat Challenge, a competition open to current business school students. The “challenge” is this: come up with a new idea to help Red Hat make money. You get two weeks to work on something and package it into a 5 page business recommendation. If they like you, you get invited to the Red Hat Summit to deliver your idea in person, and oh yeah, a check for $20,000. Booya Jim!
Early on, our team spent some time looking at the obvious plays in the market: Linux on the enterprise desktop, more stack-based acquisitions like JBoss, international expansion, etc. After a while, and listening to the conference call on the challenge held by Red Hat execs, it’s clear they are looking for something they haven’t thought of before. Now that’s a challenge! Suddenly our group meetings have morphed into crazy brainstorming sessions, where ideas are bantered about, pumped up, hollered down, debated fiercely, then divvied up for followup research. I can’t tell you how much fun that is, to try to come up with a business idea something so outlandish that you actually gasp out loud when you hear it.
I’ll likely post the results here just to preserve the time we tried to change the world.
March 20th, 2007
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Did you know Tom Hill now works for Blackstone? It’s Barbarians at the Gate, the sequel!
March 19th, 2007
Jiffy Lube
Jiffy Lube, as they say in the biz, has both an image and a credibility problem. This expose is pretty incredible.
March 6th, 2007
