.@NZSuperFund still struggles to beat reference portfolio @TaxpayersUnion; 1.45% p.a. since inception
26 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
from https://www.nzsuperfund.co.nz/performance-investment/monthly-returns
Little wonder that no hedge fund headhunts from the New Zealand superannuation fund. Their staff turnover ratios are below 10% and often 5% and the CEO is paid a pittance by hedge fund standards.
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Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) May 08, 2013
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Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) May 09, 2013
Climate alarmists are getting a fair shake of the media reporting
24 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
Nacu-Schmidt, A., Oonk, D., Pearman, O., Boykoff, M., Daly, M., McAllister, L., and McNatt, M. (2017). United States Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2017. Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Web. [Date of access.] http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/media_coverage.
The climate alarmist gravy train
24 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
Source: Tol, Richard S J (2017) The structure of the climate debate. Energy Policy, 104. pp. 431-438.
The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
21 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
I have been reading the marvelous ‘The Trial of Henry Kissinger’ written in 2001 by Christopher Hitchens (1949-) at his polemic, lacerating best. He argues fairly convincingly, with appropriate documentary evidence, that Kissinger warrants trial for war crimes. Indeed, Kissinger apparently is unable to travel to many countries in the world for fear of detention and prosecution on these grounds. Which particular war crimes? Well the torture and murders in Chile and Argentina during their respective right wing dictatorships. The up to 2 million killed in Bangladesh by the Pakistan military. The 600,000 killed during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. And Hitchens gets more personal and cites the connections with the assassinations of Rene Schneider head of the Chilean military before the Pinochet coup, and of Orlando Letelier a Chilean exile in Washington DC.
You should read this book if you want to get the full impression of Kissinger’s alleged…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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