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Isaac Chan
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(page 18 of 812)
"Note 1/2:
A thought just struck me: since my uni days I had been fixated on the concept that investment banks are the mightiest financiers of the economy - they are the institutions who financed corporations that directly create value for us in the real economy, e.g. General Electric, Apple, Honda and whatnot. They raise capital via ECM and DCM, and a company would go to an investment bank if they need funds either" — Mar 24, 2026 04:53AM
"Note 1/2:
A thought just struck me: since my uni days I had been fixated on the concept that investment banks are the mightiest financiers of the economy - they are the institutions who financed corporations that directly create value for us in the real economy, e.g. General Electric, Apple, Honda and whatnot. They raise capital via ECM and DCM, and a company would go to an investment bank if they need funds either" — Mar 24, 2026 04:53AM
progress:
(page 115 of 618)
"Note 1/2:
I have finally gotten around to reading Moby Dick. So far, it is simply amazing. It serves the 1 thing that I want from a book, in this stage of my life where I am settling into possibly the most boring phase - that phase where the next 30 years of life will no longer change, and I can see them with a reasonable level of certainty: i.e., 30 more years of grinding out bureaucratic work in a corporation," — Mar 23, 2026 04:47AM
"Note 1/2:
I have finally gotten around to reading Moby Dick. So far, it is simply amazing. It serves the 1 thing that I want from a book, in this stage of my life where I am settling into possibly the most boring phase - that phase where the next 30 years of life will no longer change, and I can see them with a reasonable level of certainty: i.e., 30 more years of grinding out bureaucratic work in a corporation," — Mar 23, 2026 04:47AM
Isaac Chan
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progress:
(page 6 of 40)
"Note n/n:
persons' before the year 1808. I wonder where they got these arbitrary numbers from.
The layout of the Constitution is also systematic. Articles I, II, III for the legislative, executive, and judicial branches respectively. I wonder why the executive branch has the least sections." — Feb 27, 2026 10:37PM
"Note n/n:
persons' before the year 1808. I wonder where they got these arbitrary numbers from.
The layout of the Constitution is also systematic. Articles I, II, III for the legislative, executive, and judicial branches respectively. I wonder why the executive branch has the least sections." — Feb 27, 2026 10:37PM
“So many books, so little time.”
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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
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― Twelfth Night
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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
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