Some quick links to empty my ever-overflowing link box:
- Bandwidth demand in video-mad Japan is “only” growing at 20% a year (Andrew Nyquist)
- Many (but not all) quants have bounced back from a miserable August (FT)
- Hurricane scientists are like economists: they have predicted seven of the last two hurricanes (Bloomberg)
Related posts:
Actually, as a group, economists have predicted zero of the last 5 recessions. (Pretty shabby)
On the other hand, the public, when surveyed, are the ones who forecast 9 of the past 4 recessions . . .
Barry Ritholz has probably forecasted 99 of the last 1 recession. The bromide about a stopped watch is appropriate here …