朋友的日记本 一起写日记呗

请下载mp3听吧：

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/05/the_friday_podcast_an...

here's this weird thing in the movie business: Almost all movies lose money. Except they don't, really.

On today's Planet Money, Edward Jay Epstein, the author of a recent book called The Hollywood Economist, explains the business of movies.

As a case study, he walks us through the numbers for "Gone In 60 Seconds." (It starred Angelina Jolie and Nicolas Cage. They stole cars. Don't pretend like you don't remember it.)

The movie grossed $240 million at the box office. And, after you take out all the costs and fees and everything associated with the movie, it lost $212 million.

This is the part of Hollywood accounting that is, essentially, fiction. Disney, which produced the movie, did not lose that money.

Each movie is set up as its own corporation. So what "lost money" on the picture is that corporation -- Gone In 60 Seconds, Inc., or whatever it was called.

And Gone In 60 Seconds, Inc. pays all these fees to Disney and everyone else connected to the movie. And the fees, Epstein says, are really where the money's at.
This system is partly a historical accident. But, Epstein says, all the accounting tricks can also help protect the egos of Hollywood's finest: They allow actors to say they're landing huge contracts to make movies, even when the actors may never see most of that money.

When one searches "my favorite fund" in a hugely popular search engine in mainland China, my intro to the gulag wealth fund is at the top of the search results!

search "我最喜欢的一支基金(meaning my favorite fund)" in baidu.

screenshot:

link to the article: http://pengyou.rijiben.org/node/1979

I don't think this will bring much capital to the fund but this is just fun! :)

Been listened to the http://www.karmabanqueradio.com (kbqr) for 3 years at least, love it!

I just realize the screen shot doesn't neccesarily proved my page is at the number one results since it could be the top entry of second or third search results page. But, I am an honest man, trust me! During Feb 2009 period, it's the top entry in the first search results page.

Traders gamble oil price yo-yo is on way up
By Javier Blas in London
Published: December 11 2008 18:22 | Last updated: December 11 2008
18:22
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/daec0b28-c7ae-11dd-b611-000077b076...

看了这篇文章的标题我没明白yo-yo是什么意思。

google中define: yo-yo才明白。

• Slang for a very volatile market.
  investor.cisco.com/glossary.cfm

• a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand
  wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

• The yo-yo is a toy consisting of two equally sized and weighted disks of plastic, wood, or metal, connected with an axle, with a string tied around it. First becoming popular in the 1920s, "yo-yoing" is still enjoyed by children and adults alike.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo

ppt: plunge protection team

现在常听到的一个词。
ppt，或者叫 nice govt men，绝大情况下是把事情搞得更糟糕。
因为把你带入麻烦中的人怎么会把你带出麻烦呢。

这个组织的正是名称是Working Group on Financial Markets

Working Group on Financial Markets
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from 15Plunge Protection Team)

The Working Group on Financial Markets (also, President's Working Group on Financial Markets, the Working Group, and colloquially the Plunge Protection Team) was created by 18Executive Order 12631,19[1] signed on 20March 18, 211988 by 22United States 23President 24Ronald Reagan.

Vincent Golia still is of the belief that there is no government intervention in the financial markets. (HMH Magazine)

The Group was established explicitly in response to events in the financial markets surrounding 25October 19, 261987 ("27Black Monday") to give recommendations for legislative and private sector solutions for "enhancing the integrity, efficiency, orderliness, and competitiveness of [United States] financial markets and maintaining investor confidence".28[1]

As established by Executive Order 12631, the Working Group consists of:

* The 29Secretary of the Treasury, or his designee (as Chairman of the Working Group);
* The Chairman of the 30Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or his designee;
* The Chairman of the 31Securities and Exchange Commission, or his designee; and
* The Chairman of the 32Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or her designee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunge_Protection_Team

在gnu/linux可以使用的股票软件

有不少呢！！！
文章来源： http://gdzhljw.blog.ubuntu.org.cn/2008/11/27/aiotrade%E5%BC%...

介绍
http://googlechinablog.com/2008/11/blog-post_12.html

这里搜索排列股票
http://finance.google.cn/finance/stockscreener?gl=cn#c0=Retu...

根据行业和/或关键词搜索出来，排列特别有用，比如增长排列从高到低，

aig前总裁（创始人）还在为自己开脱

在cctv2看到采访aig前总裁，说什么调查我的事情完全是媒体小题大作和大众胡乱听信谣言之类的话。说自己没犯罪不过舆论说了几句我为了公司利益自己辞职了。

我可不敢过多accuse这个人。这家公司势力大得很，后面也有人。

大家自己听听看
http://spitfirelist.com/?tag=aig

懒得听的我简单重复一下2个小时的“谣言”和对aig的“诋毁”都是什么内容。

以后再写吧。还是去听吧。说得很详细了。

A penny borrowed is a penny speculated

借来一分钱就投机一分钱。这句话肯定改编自“a penny saved is a penny gained/earned”，就是“省一分钱就是赚一分钱”。

改得好。形象地说明了当前金融领域的不良现象。

投机的人可不是用自己存款的。“所谓救市”如果是救投机的人，就是对辛苦存款的人的欺骗和伤害。

How Venice Rigged The First, and Worst, Global Financial Collapse
by Paul B. Gallagher
http://www.schillerinstitute.org/fid_91-96/954_Gallagher_Venice_rig.html

rig在这里取下面的意思：

arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"

庞杂的一个站点。发现可能有值得听的东西。先留个地址：
http://www.schillerinstitute.org/calendars/lar_show-2008.html

define: rig

• gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
• trailer truck: a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
• formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
• arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"
• outfit: a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant"
• fishing gear: gear used in fishing
• manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices"
• carriage: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
• connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"
• equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship"
• swindle: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
  wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Duncan Idaho
November 4th, 2008 at 9:18 am

US voters getting fleeced:

http://pixdaus.com/pics/1216007153efTAqdI.jpg
source: http://karmabanqueradio.com/2008/11/03/985-quadrillions-and-...

昨天在电视上看了matrix一集的片段。
今天美国大选出了结果。
下午看到这张图。
非常喜欢，
我写过什么是sheople。就是绵羊一样任人宰割的people。

matrix之类的电影我不太想看了。too much prophecy。心里受不了。难受。前一段看的the cube也是。喜欢先知语言似的的风格，但看了心里难受。原因是怕死啊。而且自由意志和determinism之间的斗争让我兴奋和有勇气，但同时又觉得无助。

define: fleece

• the wool of a sheep or similar animal
• sheepskin: tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
• overcharge: rip off; ask an unreasonable price
• a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
• shear the wool from; "shear sheep"

• wool: outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
  wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

• Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal; Insulating skin with the wool attached; An insulating wooly garment. Ex.: Harriett likes to curl up on the fleece blanket, even when it's gravy time; Con or trick someone out of money
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleece