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Boom-Bust Cycle: Playing A Complex Game

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:38:03 GMT

Half of my career, I have worked for bosses who were actuaries, and half not. Half of my career, I worked for bosses that were intellectually curious, and half not. There was a strong, but not perfect correlation between the two — most actuaries are intellectually curious, but there are a few that aren’t. Those that know me well, know that I am a pragmatic idealist. I have strong beliefs, but I also have a strong desire to solve the problem. Where I run into difficulty is where the problem is ill-constructed, and does not admit a good answer. Any answer would be subject to numerous qualifications and explanations. Perhaps I can give some examples: “What’s my illiquid structured finance bond worth?” Oh my. Whether residential mortgage, commercial mortgage, or asset-backed, that depends a lot upon future loss activity across the whole financial[More...]

What Kind of Investor Are You?

Fri, 29 May 2009 21:14:06 GMT

One of the keys to successful investing is to identify what kind of trader you are or what kind of trader you want to become. This is important so you can select the right kinds of stocks that fit your own risk to reward ratio and investment style. What's interesting is that so many people believe they're one kind of investor when in fact they are something totally different. So before you say you're a Growth Investor or a Value Investor, or etc., ask yourself; What kind of stocks do you want to be in? Are you looking for: - High flyers and fast movers? - Stocks with big earnings momentum or aggressive growth? - Or maybe solid companies with dependable growth? - Or mature companies with income producing dividends. - Maybe you're looking[More...]

Rewarding Innovation & Punishing Stagnation

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:19:04 GMT

In yesterday's blog post around business failures I discussed how failing companies often get into patterns where they become more interested in "defending the religion of their business model", instead of making the changes they need to make in order to survive. One of the consequences of this is that the company begins to punish those who try to innovate and change the company, while rewarding those who celebrate the status quo. This dubious business practice creates a double edged sword that destroys the company by encouraging the very business practices that are destroying the company, while simultaneously chasing away the agents of change who can save it.

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The Capitalism Distribution: Fat Tails in Action

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:33:00 GMT

Quick, before you read this post, ask yourself these questions: 1. What percentage of stocks beat their benchmark index over their lifetime? 2. What percentage of stocks have a negative return over their lifetime? 3. What percentage of stocks lose essentially all of their value? Not sure? The answers to all three questions are below. Want to know why a [More...]

Hunch: The Search for Better Search

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:53:00 GMT

Hunch is the latest of several decision-making sites that have cropped up in recent years that are designed to shake up a Web-search landscape that has long been dominated by keyword queries.
The sites, including Answers.com (ANSW), Mahalo, Aardvark, ChaCha, and Yahoo Answers (YHOO), aim to do what Google and other keyword-based search engines have trouble doing: delivering results tailored to specific human situations and problems without sending users to many different sites on the Internet.
"Google can't provide all the answers," says Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of Web site Search Engine Land.

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Answers Corp. To Participate in CL King's Best Ideas Conference 2009

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:47:00 GMT

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine Answers.com® which includes the properties ReferenceAnswers and WikiAnswers®, announced today that it will participate in CL King's 7th Annual Best Ideas Conference, to be held Wednesday and Thursday, September 16-17, 2009, at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in New York City.
A webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Answers web site at: http://ir.answers.com.
Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW) owns and operates Answers.com which includes the properties ReferenceAnswers and WikiAnswers.

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Answers Corporation Reports Q2 2009 Financial Results

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:41:00 GMT

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine Answers.com® which includes the properties ReferenceAnswers™ and WikiAnswers®, today reported unaudited financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2009.[More...]

Answers Corporation to Present at the Canaccord Adams 29th Annual Growth Conference

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:27:00 GMT

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ:ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine offering Answers.com® and WikiAnswers®, today announced that Bob Rosenschein, Chairman and CEO, will present at the Canaccord Adams 29th Annual Growth Conference on Wednesday, August 12th at 9:00 am ET. The Conference is being held at the InterContinental Hotel in Boston, MA.[More...]

Answers Corporation Q2 2009 Earnings Conference Call Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 8:30 AM EDT

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:34:00 GMT

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Answers Corp. Announces WikiAnswers.com Undergraduate Student Scholarship Winners

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:54:00 GMT

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine offering Answers.com® and WikiAnswers.com™, has announced the winners of its WikiAnswers Scholarship Fund for deserving students planning to enroll in undergraduate college studies during the 2009-2010 academic year.[More...]

Answers Corp. Announces Exercise By Redpoint Ventures of $7 Million Second Tranche Warrant

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:53:00 GMT

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine offering Answers.com® and WikiAnswers.com, today announced the exercise of the second tranche warrant, issued by the Company in connection with its June 2008 financing, by Redpoint Ventures, a Menlo Park, CA, based venture capital firm specializing in early stage and growth capital investments for the Internet and technology sectors, and the company's largest stockholder.
Upon exercise of the warrant on June 10, 2009, Answers issued $7 million of Series B convertible preferred stock, convertible into 1,272,727 shares of common stock at a conversion price of $5.50 per share, and a warrant exercisable for 636,364 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $6.05 per share.
For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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Answers Corporation's Robert Rosenschein Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2009 Award Finalist in New York

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:49:00 GMT

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine offering Answers.com® and WikiAnswers.com™ announced that Chairman and CEO Robert S. Rosenschein is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award in the New York region. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.[More...]

Answers Corp. to Present at the Needham Fourth Annual Internet and Digital Media Conference in New York

Thu, 28 May 2009 12:41:00 GMT

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine offering Answers.com® and WikiAnswers.com™, today announced that CEO Robert S. Rosenschein will be presenting at the 4th Annual Needham & Company, LLC Internet and Digital Media Conference on June 9, 2009, at the New York Palace Hotel, New York City. The Answers presentation will take place at 4:00 pm EDT.[More...]

Answers Corporation Announces April comScore Rank

Thu, 28 May 2009 12:39:00 GMT

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine offering Answers.com® and WikiAnswers.com™ announced comScore traffic information for April, 2009.[More...]

Answers.com Named 2009 CNET Webware 100 Awards Winner

Wed, 27 May 2009 12:45:00 GMT

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine offering Answers.com® and WikiAnswers.com™ announced that it has received a 2009 Webware 100 award for the reference category by Webware.com, a CNET site.[More...]