Optimal Allocation of Resources
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The Meta monopoly called into question
We owe to John Von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern the start of a spectacular intellectual adventure, Game Theory.
This revolutionary approach to decision-making was initiated at a time when a more or less global economic and monetary order was being established, Bretton Woods.
A game-theoretic look at today's finances
We owe to John Von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern the start of a spectacular intellectual adventure, Game Theory.
This revolutionary approach to decision-making was initiated at a time when a more or less global economic and monetary order was being established, Bretton Woods
Another failure for Intuitive Machines
On 6 March, the second Intuitive Machines lunar landing mission ended in (another) partial failure.
The Moon's south pole is both a major strategic challenge and a considerable technical difficulty.
Financial follies in the world of Artificial Intelligence
The world is no longer Gaussian, but extreme, and asset management based on portfolio diversification has had a few wrinkles. In a tech world, the Risk Capital approach seems more appropriate: don't miss out on the next Nvidia!
Around Carlos Tavares ouster
After 10 years (2014-2024) at the head of the PSA group (Peugeot-Citroën) and then Stellantis, Carlos Tavares has just been urgently removed by the board of directors.
The outcome was not in doubt, as the same board had announced that it was looking for a successor to replace him at the end of his contract. But it was scheduled for January 2026. Why such an acceleration?
Boeing share buyback
Boeing has prioritized improving earnings per share in the short term over productive investment in the long term, which has led the company into a financial, human and reputational abyss, and into a technical credibility deficit from which it will not emerge quickly.
Who should maximize value creation?
The question is: "Should we maximize shareholder value, positive ESG externalities or the quality of the customer experience?
A world increasingly undermined by Artificial Intelligence
Let us hope that AI does not constitute a means of concentrating power, but, thanks to “intelligent” regulation and an optimal level of competition, allows for the distribution of power and the creation of wealth.
A few questions on the relationship between equity and value creation.
In the case of transport infrastructures, the double materiality is all the more interesting to analyze as the main decision-maker, the public authorities, will decide which way the materiality will lean. No system is perfect, but systemic thinking is essential.
Facebook's trajectory is full of twists and turns...
META's (Facebook) stock market trajectory is not lacking in twists and turns... After a rather disastrous IPO, the share price grew well ahead of the Nasdaq for 9 years, before collapsing in 2022, losing three-quarters of its value between August 2021 and October 2022, then experiencing a spectacular recovery, returning to its highs when the accounts were published in early February 2024.