In January and February of 2018, Manole Capital conducted a financial services survey specifically targeting the thoughts and opinions of millennials. Over 175 individuals participated, with nearly 90% under the age of 24 years old. 65% were between the age of 19 and 24 and 23% were 18 or younger. In terms of demographics, 84% were from the United States and 12% were from Europe
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Emerging markets have experienced their fair share of crises in recent history; from the mid 1980’s LDC defaults, the Mexican Tequila crisis, Asia, Russia, Argentina, Greece… and now Ukraine. During these events, capital outflows are fast, indiscriminate and continuous, asset prices collapse and value is ignored. Ukraine reached this point in 2015-2016 and during the past 2 years started a recovery process
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Meredith Jones’ comic poses a big question to hedge fund managers regarding their fees
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It’s true that I grew up in the deepest South, but I’ve never been a country music fan. Sure, I loved the Oak Ridge Boys tune “Elvira” when I was 11 years old, but who can resist a song with such catchy lyrics as “Giddy up oom poppa omm poppa mow mow”? I soon moved on, however, branching out into Duran Duran by age 12, Howard Jones by age 14, and the Beastie Boys by 16
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For the purposes of this paper, we will focus on self-driving cars. When someone mentions autonomy and mobility they are most likely referring to self-driving cars – think Waymo or Cruise Automation – but it is much more than that. The NHTSA says this technology, “is so full of promise…” and defines it as, “…a future where vehicles increasingly help drivers avoid crashes
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