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2018-10-27

Tech Review | Internet of Things Creating New Avenues for Cybercrime

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Tech Review (TR 2018-10-27)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech investing news with commentary, analysis and opinion: Features • 1) Internet of Things Creating New Avenues for Cybercrime, 2) How China Went From Copying Tech to Cutting Edge, 3) Investing: The Week, Investing Notes, 4)ICYMI Tech News.

1) Internet of Things Creating New Avenues for Cybercrime

FT.com and Chubb.com video above published Oct 1, 2018: the Internet of Things (IoT) is creating new avenues for cybercrime. Cybersecurity practices in businesses vary from one company to another but just who is responsible for maintaining cybersecurity practices remains a big question in Cyber Risk Management and Cybersecurity.
SoftBank says there will be a trillion connected devices by 2025 and that "these devices, connected through the internet of things" will "generate $11 trillion in value by that time."-VentureBeat.com.

2) How China Went From Copying Tech to Cutting Edge

China's technology industry is developing into a serious rival to Silicon Valley, but there are political hurdles ahead. Bloomberg QuickTake explains how China's tech companies went from copycats to cutting edge, and why the U.S. government is crying foul. Bloomberg.com video above published Oct 16, 2018.

3) Investing
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The Week: NASDAQ Composite -3.8% | S&P 500 Index -3.9% | DJIA -3%
The Market Sell-Off Is Overdone, This Is a 'Buying Opportunity'--Mikio Kumada, executive director and global strategist at LGT Capital Partners (domain: lgtcp.com), discusses the market sell-off and what to look out for in the future--video here.
Wall Street's Charging Bull
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Investing Notes:

US: The party’s far from over for the U.S. economy, as Q3 GDP growth shows--GDP growth of 3.5% marks best two-quarter stretch in four years--a vigorous gain following a 4.2% burst of growth in the second quarter positions the economy for its best performance in 13 years. The last time the U.S. posted 3% growth for a full year was in 2005.

EU: Italy’s Debt Crisis--the European Union rejects Italy's budget--Italy has three weeks to revise its budget under the EU’s rules (Editor's note: don't hold your breath.)

China: policymakers in China have been left searching for answers to the trade war with the US because the domestic think tanks called on for guidance have provided “filtered information” to avoid offending supervisors--scmp.com.

Brexit: Lloyd's (lloyds.com) Chairman: "Our customers will be unaffected by Brexit."--CNBC.com video.

4) ICYMI Tech News:
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  • Why Netflix $NFLX Is Selling $2 Billion of Junk Bonds--Bloomberg.com (video). Netflix will spend $18.6 billion on content, and forecasts $3 billion negative cash flow for 2018 and 2019, betting aggressive spending leads to more subscribers--NYTimes.com.
  • Lobbying: Amazon spent $3.63M on lobbying in Q3, up from $3.47M in Q2, as it seeks JEDI, a big Pentagon contract; Google spent $5.46M, up 30%+ YoY, while Facebook spent $2.82M--Bloomberg.com.
  • Verizon $VZ and Altaba $AABA have agreed to pay $50M in damages, up to $37.5M in legal fees, and provide credit monitoring for Yahoo users affected by Yahoo's 2013 security breach.
  • Facebook $FB is reportedly trying to buy a major cybersecurity firm. Meanwhile Oculus founder Brendan Iribe is leaving Facebook--Bloomberg.com (video).
  • Cloudflare Inc, is preparing an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the startup at more than $3.5 billion.
  • Google $GOOG $GOOGL will open source its firmware for Titan M, a Pixel 3 secure chip handling Verified Boot which also has its own isolated storage and RAM--wired.com.
  • Wealthfront, a digital wealth management startup will offer its automated financial planning tool (robo-advisor) for free by the end of the year.
  • Personal Tech Tip: "... if you always charge your phone at 25 percent, the battery will only work to its full potential for 500 charges ... opting to charging at 75 percent will give you up to 2,500 fully powered charges"--lifehack.org.

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2016-06-04

Interview With Professor Burt Malkiel, A Randown Walk Down Wall Street



Interview With Burt Malkiel: Masters in Business (Audio) by Bloomberg View

Interviewed by Barry Ritholtz, Burton Malkiel is Chairman’s Professor of Economics at Princeton University. Professor Malkiel served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers (1975–1977), president of the American Finance Association (1978), and Dean of the Yale School of Management (1981–1988). He was a director for the Vanguard Group vanguard.com for 28 years. Currently, he is Chief Investment Officer to software-based financial advisor, Wealthfront wealthfront.com. He is best known for A Random Walk Down Wall Street, now in its 11th edition, with over 1.5 million copies sold.

Malkiel discusses a wide range of topics from how he urged the creation of index funds to why “a blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper’s financial pages could select a portfolio that would do just as well as one carefully selected by the experts.”

Particularly interesting for all types of investors, traders, marketers, sellers, and buyers, are Professor Malkiel's comments about pricing and prices, markets and valuations, including in the context of the dot-com bubble. Audio release date: 25 May 2016

Investing: A Random Talk With Malkiel - Bloomberg Gadfly: "... Are high-dividend stocks more risky than bonds? Traditionally, yes. If you look in terms of traditional risk measures, they are more risky, but in my view investors are going to be much better off. 
You famously wrote that a blindfolded chimpanzee could select a portfolio that would do as well as any expert. How do you reconcile that view with Buffett’s long-standing success as a stock picker?
Warren Buffett has in his will instructed his widow to invest in index funds, which means that’s what Warren Buffett would do.
How do you invest your money? 
I invest my own money largely in index funds."


Youtube video of Dr. Burton Malkiel: what an individual investor should be doing in the event that their investment portfolio is underperforming in the short term (published Aug 26, 2015).




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