Low Volatility - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2014
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Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

extreme volatility as Bitcoin, and does volatility impede transactional utility? In other words, can Bitcoin really function as a “currency”? — Jay Precourt (MBA 1962) Bitcoin has been volatile, though it... View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

01 Dec 2018
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INK: The Bookshelf

of this book is that the volatility through the messy middle of any project is about achieving a positive slope. Your job is to manage the lows and maintain a focus on optimizing the highs.” CLASSIC... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Full Stream Ahead

multistrategy firm focused on investment in the entertainment and media space, says that when interest rates are as low as they were for the last decade, “investors start looking for places to pick up returns that feel safe but also have... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Apr 1998
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Short Takes

Be Flexible In today's competitive and volatile business environment, depending on forecasting as the basis for planning and strategy has become a particularly risky way to operate. Especially vulnerable are manufacturing projects that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey

01 Dec 2002
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Mary Callahan Erdoes

7 percent, with lots of appreciation on top of that. Do you have concerns about Japanlike deflation in the United States? Some fear that with a very low inflation rate of 1.5 percent, the United States is in danger of following Japan into... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down

Exchange. "The role of intellectual capital is more important in this business than any other, except perhaps the pharmaceutical and computer science industries. Oil is a hugely volatile commodity that very few people want to play in, so... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

03 Jun 2016
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Again in a Great City

tightly to volatile gas prices and the faltering auto industry. From a resident’s point of view, life in a city with inconsistent municipal services and simmering racial tensions could be even more tenuous. While many suburbs prospered,... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

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