Bernard Madoff is making headlines because he is the most recent NY investor to get caught pulling a ponzi scheme. Some estimates say that his losses are estimated at $50 billion. That’s right, 50 BILLION dollars, not million. That’s a lot of money. Eventually, he ran out of investors and got caught when people tried […]
(posted by RVD)Ponzi Scheme and Macroeconomics
December 18th, 2008 by RVD · 1 Comment
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Term 2 is almost over
December 8th, 2008 by RVD · No Comments
We’re down to our last session for term 2! In 2 weeks we have our last 2 finals (Managerial Accounting and Statistics) and then we’re done for the term. We will be 1/3 of the way to our MBA degrees!
This past weekend we had our last Macroeconomics class (so we had the final). I am […]
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Macroeconomics is interesting…
October 30th, 2008 by RVD · 1 Comment
On the first day of Macroeconomics class, Professor Abel said that the study of macroeconomics is always interesting if there are things going on in the world and country during the semester. If you’re lucky you may take the course during an election year or during a recession or during a housing / credit crisis, […]
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exams, exams, exams
October 23rd, 2008 by RVD · No Comments
2 more exams this week and we’re done until finals!
Our OPIM grades are posted in Penn In Touch. I am happy to say that I didn’t LT OPIM. I think my brain just happens to be wired fairly well for stuff like OPIM. It is NOT wired well for stuff like accounting. I really liked […]
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