Psychic fund management

September 8, 2010

I had considered doing a satire on using astrology to do fund management.  Something along the lines of Capgemini is a Pisces, perhaps.  Reality seems to have beat me to the punch:
http://www.thedeal.com/video/inside-the-deal/wall-streets-psychic.php

Another story idea up in flames.

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  1. Rob Steele 2010-10-28 at 16:31 - Reply

    In one of his software engineering books, Tom DeMarco invents “Astro Pony Toutshops” for a case study. Their prediction process requires no inputs.

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