</p> </div> <div class="bottom-of-entry"> </div> <div class="respond-wrap" style="display: none; "> <div id="respond"> <h3 id="reply-title">Reply <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/archives/category/personal#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3> <form action="http://kevinchiu.org/blog/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform"> <p class="comment-notes"> Required fields are marked <span class="required">*</span></p> <p class="comment-form-author"><label for="author">Name</label> <span class="required">*</span><input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="" size="30" aria-required='true' /></p> <p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">Email</label> <span class="required">*</span><input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="" size="30" aria-required='true' /></p> <p class="comment-form-url"><label for="url">Website</label><input id="url" name="url" type="text" value="" size="30" /></p> <div class="form"><textarea id="comment" class="expand50-100" name="comment" cols="45" rows="3"></textarea></div> <label class="post-error" for="comment" id="commenttext_error"></label> <span class="progress"><img src="http://kevinchiu.org/blog/wp-content/themes/p2/i/indicator.gif" alt="Loading..." title="Loading..." /></span> <p class="form-submit"> <input name="submit" type="submit" id="comment-submit" value="Reply" /> <input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='2120' id='comment_post_ID' /> <input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' /> </p> <p style="display: none;"><input type="hidden" id="akismet_comment_nonce" name="akismet_comment_nonce" value="a682a7f996" /></p> </form> </div><!-- #respond --> </div></li> <li id="prologue-1473" class="post-1473 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business category-personal"> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/author/kevin" title="Posts by Kevin Chiu ( @kevin )"> </a> <h4> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/author/kevin" title="Posts by Kevin Chiu ( @kevin )">Kevin Chiu</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2010-12-28T15:16:18Z">10:16 am <em>on</em> December 28, 2010</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/the-big-short" class="thepermalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='http://kevinchiu.org/archives/the-big-short#respond' onclick='return addComment.moveForm("prologue-1473", "0", "respond", "1473")'>Reply</a> </span> <span class="tags"> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="content-1473" class="postcontent"> <h2><a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/the-big-short">The Big Short </a></h2><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393072231?ie=UTF8&tag=kevingccom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393072231"><img src="http://kevinchiu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/the_big_short.jpg" alt="" title="the_big_short" width="146" height="220" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1479" /></a></p> <p>I’ve just finished reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393072231?ie=UTF8&tag=kevingccom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393072231">The Big Short</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=kevingccom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393072231" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> on recommendation from my friend Marco. It’s an easily digestible introduction to the causes of the recent financial crisis. I highly recommend this book if you’re at all curious about the crash’s back story.</p> <p>In this book: CDO, AIG, credit default swap, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers, LehmanLive, asset backed security, mortgage bond, ARM mortgage, negative-amortizing adjustible-rate subprime mortgage, S&P, Moody’s, tranche, AAA, BBB.</p> </div> <div class="bottom-of-entry"> </div> </li> <li id="prologue-1488" class="post-1488 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-personal"> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/author/kevin" title="Posts by Kevin Chiu ( @kevin )"> </a> <h4> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/author/kevin" title="Posts by Kevin Chiu ( @kevin )">Kevin Chiu</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2010-12-10T06:16:28Z">1:16 am <em>on</em> December 10, 2010</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/why-you-should-apply-to-the-mit-media-lab" class="thepermalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='http://kevinchiu.org/archives/why-you-should-apply-to-the-mit-media-lab#respond' onclick='return addComment.moveForm("prologue-1488", "0", "respond", "1488")'>Reply</a> </span> <span class="tags"> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="content-1488" class="postcontent"> <h2><a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/why-you-should-apply-to-the-mit-media-lab">Why you should apply to the MIT Media Lab </a></h2><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="512" height="313" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="Flashvars" value="image=http://labcast.media.mit.edu/podcastmedia/LabCAST051_whyapply_poster512.jpg" /><param name="src" value="http://labcast.media.mit.edu/podcastmedia/embed/512x288_videoplayer7.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="file=http://labcast.media.mit.edu/podcastmedia/LabCAST051_whyapply.flv&image=http://labcast.media.mit.edu/podcastmedia/LabCAST051_whyapply_poster512.jpg" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512" height="313" src="http://labcast.media.mit.edu/podcastmedia/embed/512x288_videoplayer7.swf" flashvars="file=http://labcast.media.mit.edu/podcastmedia/LabCAST051_whyapply.flv&image=http://labcast.media.mit.edu/podcastmedia/LabCAST051_whyapply_poster512.jpg" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object></p> </div> <div class="bottom-of-entry"> </div> </li> <li id="prologue-1470" class="post-1470 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-personal"> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/author/kevin" title="Posts by Kevin Chiu ( @kevin )"> </a> <h4> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/author/kevin" title="Posts by Kevin Chiu ( @kevin )">Kevin Chiu</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2010-11-07T20:19:49Z">3:19 pm <em>on</em> November 7, 2010</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/you-know-the-stock-market-is-really-crazy-when" class="thepermalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='http://kevinchiu.org/archives/you-know-the-stock-market-is-really-crazy-when#respond' onclick='return addComment.moveForm("prologue-1470", "0", "respond", "1470")'>Reply</a> </span> <span class="tags"> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="content-1470" class="postcontent"> <h2><a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/you-know-the-stock-market-is-really-crazy-when">You know the stock market is really crazy when… </a></h2><p><a href="http://kevinchiu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Screen-shot-2010-11-07-at-3.18.08-PM.png"><img src="http://kevinchiu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Screen-shot-2010-11-07-at-3.18.08-PM.png" alt="" title="Screen shot 2010-11-07 at 3.18.08 PM" width="297" height="398" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1471" /></a></p> <p>Hilarious.</p> </div> <div class="bottom-of-entry"> </div> </li> <li id="prologue-1463" class="post-1463 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-personal"> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/author/kevin" title="Posts by Kevin Chiu ( @kevin )"> </a> <h4> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/author/kevin" title="Posts by Kevin Chiu ( @kevin )">Kevin Chiu</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2010-10-12T10:48:35Z">5:48 am <em>on</em> October 12, 2010</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/the-desk" class="thepermalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='http://kevinchiu.org/archives/the-desk#respond' onclick='return addComment.moveForm("prologue-1463", "0", "respond", "1463")'>Reply</a> </span> <span class="tags"> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="content-1463" class="postcontent"> <h2><a href="http://kevinchiu.org/archives/the-desk">The Desk </a></h2><p><center><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/3239496?portrait=0" width="500" height="282" frameborder="0">
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