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After the stock market meltdown of the past year, financial experts from Wall Street and academia are putting more effort into bringing behavioral modeling into their complex financial calculations (NYTimes). The risk models proved myopic, they say, because they were too simple-minded. They focused mainly on figures like the expected returns and the default risk…
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Was researching information on the latest healthcare bill and came across this very cool website: OpenCongress.com. OpenCongress brings together official government data with news and blog coverage, social networking, public participation tools, and more to give you the real story behind what’s happening in Congress. OpenCongress is a free, open-source, not-for-profit, and non-partisan web resource…
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Just flew back from the National Society of Hispanic MBAs annual conference in Houston, Texas. It was a great experience and one in which I was able to meet many other Latino MBA students, corporate recruiters, and business leaders from around the nation. I was surprised how many international students were in attendance also; some…
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Is “concentration” the new politically correct term for “big bet”? (“Concentration Proves Winner At Hedge Fund”, Heard on the Street, from today’s Wall Street Journal) This quote is straight out of a hollywood movie… Mr. Barakett is at the forefront of a new group of hedge-fund titans. He started Atticus — named after Atticus Finch,…
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The Wall Street Journal recently printed an article (entiled “Ohio Town Plans for Population Decline“) about Youngstown, OH, located about an hour away from Pittsburgh. Facing the reality of substantial population decline, loss of its tax base, and declining economy, this old steel city has decided to shrink: Faced with the devastation of Oak Hill…
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Abengoa, a Spanish energy company, has built this cool power station that harnesses the sun’s rays using a large array of mirrors. It’s right out of a James Bond or sci fi movie. In fact, I am almost positive there was a James Bond movie (or other action flick) with this same premise and same…
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We placed 24th out of 440 teams (top 5%) in this year’s Innovation Challenge! As quoted on their website, “The Innovation Challenge is your chance to create an innovative solution to a real-world challenge faced by our sponsors. Your cross-functional team will research, brainstorm and present a unique concept to a global panel of innovation…
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The MIT Pittsburgh Elevator Pitch event was held tonight at the Pittsburgh Golf Club, just a few blocks from the Carnegie Mellon campus. It was an entertaining event. Some 15 entrepreneurs pitched their company ideas to a panel of judges. The panelists then provided feedback and voted yes/maybe/no if they would give them a meeting…
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It’s not every day that you can meet the person your business school is named after. Tonight I met David Tepper at an on campus networking event. At the event there were several other notable figures, but David Tepper is probably the most recognizable name in the crowd. He was friendly, approachable, and a strong…
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Welcome to my new website. My old site definitely needed some new content and I think this cool blogging tool by WordPress is the answer. I will be writing my thoughts and sharing my experiences on this weblog periodically, so if you are interested in learning more about what it’s like to attend Tepper or…
David Mantilla 