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Mingyi is 22% done with The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
I strongly believe, for all babies and a significant number of grownups, curiosity is a bigger motivator than money. Elwyn Berlekamp
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The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

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Mingyi is 20% done with The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
Company renamed to renaissance technologies in 1982. Baum Lenny passed away in 2017. Simons suffered losses and started doubt his trading approach.
Nov 10, 2019 08:25AM Add a comment
The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

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Mingyi is 45% done with The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Jeff's space ambition. "i realised im motivated by ppl counting on me. I like to be counted on.
Apr 18, 2019 07:36AM Add a comment
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Mingyi is 11% done with The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Operations expanded. "you can't do a job like that on caffeine. You have to do it on carbs."
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

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Mingyi is 31% done with The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
18 Apr. Let go of opinions. Things will simply be are.
Mar 25, 2019 07:22PM Add a comment
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

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Mingyi is on page 9 of 416 of Visual Guide to Options (Bloomberg Financial)
Tough book, not intro level, already talking abt "iron condor" strategy.
Mar 24, 2019 02:45AM Add a comment
Visual Guide to Options (Bloomberg Financial)

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Mingyi is 5% done with The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
A disclaimer to hopefully counter narrative felacy.
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

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Mingyi is on page 192 of 342 of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Numbers alone can't tell a situation well. Eg of Mozambique PM measuring country's progress by 1st May parade n village house building speed.
Mar 17, 2019 10:52AM Add a comment
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

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Mingyi is on page 143 of 342 of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
The size instinct.
Factfulness is recognising when a lonely number seems impressive (small or large) and remembering that you could get the opposite impression if it were compared with or divided by some other relevant number.
Get things in proportion.
Compare
80 20
Divide
Eg look at per person
Feb 23, 2019 05:00AM Add a comment
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

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Mingyi is on page 308 of 400 of Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Sarawak Report on 1mbd came out, police investigation started, with collaboration from SG.
Jan 20, 2019 01:04AM Add a comment
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

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Mingyi is on page 264 of 400 of Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Low tried to build ties with US. Obama visited Malaysia. Low tried to claim certain credit.
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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

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Mingyi is on page 255 of 400 of Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
A BBC journalist who wrote a blog Sarawak Report started doing expose.
Jan 12, 2019 01:30AM Add a comment
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

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Mingyi is 59% done with Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Collecting art. Making them sound like gift from Fat Eric. Lol
Jan 10, 2019 11:29PM Add a comment
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

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Mingyi is 59% done with Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Jho helped najib won 2013 election with a third bond raise with Goldman at 3 bn, 681 mil went to najib own acct n then transfer ard to politicians. (GS won 300 min fee out of 3bn govt bond, outrageous)
Jan 06, 2019 07:45PM Add a comment
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

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Mingyi is on page 210 of 400 of Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Crazy parties got crazier. Including double count down in year 2013. Australia first then flew to Vegas for 2nd count down.
Jan 05, 2019 01:04AM Add a comment
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

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