Monday, January 09, 2006

Templeton's rules

Mike Price has a list of Templeton's 15 Rules.

Friday, January 06, 2006

Marxist Boardgame: Monopoly

I never really thought about what the boardgame Monopoly mimics. Cafe Hayek argues that it mimics the Marxist view of economics and capitalists.

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Avoid the Crooks

James Glassman has an article in Capitalism Magazine about how to avoid investing in crooked businesses. I think this book is probably more helpful.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Intel Reinvents itself

This is an interesting post at BusinessPundit. Essentially, Intel will be re-inventing itself while it is still at the top. I think this is interesting because many great companies have done this. I just read about Rockefeller who cannibalized the rail car portion of his business to build pipelines. He knew that if he was going to stay competitive, he had to continue to innovate with his competitors.