The View from Mass Hall | Harvard Magazine

April 30, 2023

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2023/03/letters-mass-hall-mitzvot


Interest Rate Parity (IRP) Definition, Formula, and Example

April 30, 2023

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/interestrateparity.asp#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20the%20U.S.%20dollar,discount%20versus%20the%20U.S.%20dollar.

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Forward Exchange Rate

An understanding of forward rates is fundamental to IRP, especially as it pertains to arbitrage. Forward exchange rates for currencies are exchange rates at a future point in time, as opposed to spot exchange rates, which are current rates. Forward rates are available from banks and currency dealers for periods ranging from less than a week to as far out as five years and more. As with spot currency quotations, forwards are quoted with a bid-ask spread.

The difference between the forward rate and spot rate is known as swap points. If this difference (forward rate minus spot rate) is positive, it is known as a forward premium; a negative difference is termed a forward discount.

A currency with lower interest rates will trade at a forward premium in relation to a currency with a higher interest rate. For example, the U.S. dollar typically trades at a forward premium against the Canadian dollar. Conversely, the Canadian dollar trades at a forward discount versus the U.S. dollar.
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking – Kindle edition by Ellenberg, Jordan. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

April 30, 2023

https://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Be-Wrong-Mathematical-ebook/dp/B00G3L6JQ4


Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else: Ellenberg, Jordan: 9781984879059: Amazon.com: Books

April 30, 2023

https://www.amazon.com/Shape-Geometry-Information-Democracy-Everything/dp/1984879057


aranet

April 30, 2023

https://www.co2meter.com/products/aranet4-home-indoor-air-quality-monitor


Wildfire smoke getting into your home? Build a DIY Corsi-Rosenthal air filter. » Yale Climate Connections

April 30, 2023

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/01/wildfire-smoke-getting-into-your-home-build-a-diy-corsi-rosenthal-air-filter/


Senator John Fetterman Checks Out of Hospital After Depression Treatment – The New York Times

April 30, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/us/politics/john-fetterman-hospital-depression.html


White Lotus Sicily

April 30, 2023

https://www.vogue.com/article/real-white-lotus-hotel-sicily


Very cool

April 29, 2023

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoGEFdfIz6X/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=


A new class of drugs for weight loss could end obesity | The Economist

April 28, 2023

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2023/03/02/a-new-class-of-drugs-for-weight-loss-could-end-obesity
GLP-1 agonists :
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Mechanism of Action
Glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), both incretin hormones inactivated by dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4), stimulate insulin secretion after an oral glucose load via the incretin effect.[10][11] In type 2 diabetes, this process can become blunted or even be absent; however, the utilization of pharmacological levels of GLP-1 can revive insulin excretion. The benefits of this form of therapy to treat type 2 diabetes include delayed gastric emptying and inhibiting the production of glucagon from pancreatic alpha cells if blood sugar levels are high.
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