Joined Twitter on March 5, 2011. Regretted it on March 6, 2011. Could crush it in the market, but it's much more gratifying writing about it.
Manhattan Beach (not LA!), CA
Joined March 2011
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USC? Integrity?
Swanson: USC didn't just lose to Oregon. Lincoln Riley fumbled away the Trojans' integrity.
latimes.com/sports/usc/story…
Hard yes. We’ve spent decades using tech to make us more productive. The reward? Hey, more work! If AI delivers even a fraction of the productivity gains being promised, shouldn't time be part of the benefit?
Is America ready for the 32-hour workweek? Share your thoughts on our @LinkedIn poll: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn… #insurance #poll
Well, I don't rely on it... mainly because I haven't really figured it out yet. Soon though! #boomer
Head-scratching stat of the day in the latest newsletter: 61% of MGAs still rely heavily on Excel 🤯linkedin.com/pulse/golden-ag…
Nothing like a good layoff story to get the investor juices flowing. Needless to say, that flow is about to be a flood: marketwatch.com/story/oracle…
Shawn Langlois retweeted
Wild market. We haven't seen anything like this since the dotcom bubble burst.
Over the last 8 sessions, 115 stocks in the S&P 500 have decline 7% or more in a single day.
The average drawdown when that happens is 34%. Right now we're 1.5% below the all-time high.
Actual convo last week...
Me: Honey, we can't have a third of our retirement wrapped up in $ORCL stock. Dumb. Way too risky.
My wife: You sure about that?
Me: Sorry, just sold. I'm a pro. You'll thank me later.
(Technically, it IS later. No thank you, though)
Caught @TonyHinchcliffe and @joerogan at the Mothership last night. What I could see through the 10-gallon hat blocking the view anyway. Show was great, but the crowd? The Facebook comments section brought to life. “Lock up Fauci!” “Build the wall.” Consider this a PSA.
How the Warriors gonna win if this is allowed on Steph? xitter.cf/BiasedSC30fan/status/1…
Tracks. My mom loves telling me all about how Elon Musk keeps sliding into her DMs.
Still falling for the ol' Nigerian prince scam? Apparently so, considering that cyber crooks, using some rather low-tech scams, made off with $16B last year, per a report from the @FBI this week: reuters.com/world/us/fbi-say… #insurance #risk #hacking #cyber
"What we're facing is potentially comparable to Thatcher's first 2 years as PM [when] the U.K. experienced one of the deepest recessions since WWII. That's the kind of economic pain we could be talking about here, but potentially on an even larger scale"
He says he's mostly optimistic about the U.S. #economy, but you wouldn't know it from some of the points he makes in this compelling interview: insurancethoughtleadership.c…
Shawn Langlois retweeted
Surf's up and the Paragon Rider is out. Dive on in... the water's warm: linkedin.com/pulse/beta-babi… #insurance #cyclonealfred
