New Moneyterms site
I have moved Moneyterms to new hosting and to the wonderful Modx platform. The time spent developing the new site was minimal, but I also replaced all the automatically generated “related page” links with manually chosen lists, which was a lot of very tedious work. It should improve site navigation.
I also removed the “Guides” section, as it was simply not good enough. It will reappear with rewritten material.
Now that is behind me I have started adding new entries again, starting with style index, discount rate, long term PE, market neutral and synthetic security.
Modx light document tree
Moved to: http://pietersz.co.uk/software/light-doc-tree
Moneysupermarket IPO and web business valuation
Whenever there is a website IPO, those of us with profitable websites pay attention. While a small, privately owned website will need to be valued at a steep discount to a large, listed business, it is a useful indicator of value. (more…)
Web metrics are insane
To be precise, trying to find a single set of metrics to compare the audience of different types of websites it insane. That is why Nielson/Netrating’s decision to measure time spent on websites, rather than page views, does not really matter much. Those looking for a single measure across all websites are reducing a mistake of the dotcom boom. (more…)
Sedo domain appraisal rip-off
It is not often that someone manages to sell me a rip-off, but internet companies have managed it twice in the last few months. I will write about my experience with SEO some other time, for now, I will write about the clearer cut case: getting an appraisal for domain name. (more…)
Counter-signalling web-sites
Since I read this post on countersignalling, I have been bothered by a feeling that there was a good example I could not bring to the front of my mind. I just realised what it was: ugly websites. (more…)
Help! Suggestions please
My biggest problem with Money Terms is the difficulty in thinking up new ideas.
I do not want to end up like some of the competition: defining
lots of terms not more than tenuously related to investment, or so obvious that an ordinary dictionary defines then more than adequately.
On the other hand, I do know that there are a lot of gaps, because every so often I identify one or two gaps, and any other new pieces follow on from them in a rush.
So, please, give me some ideas. Anything of interest to investors is within the scope of the site. Investment terminology and concepts, more general business, finance and economic terms, or sector specific things are all welcome. You can email me using the email address on this site or on Money Terms, or you can leave a comment on this post.
More new on Money Terms
Another bunch of new pages on Money Terms.
Firstly I finished off last weeks insolvency related definitions with …err.. insolvent.
Once again news stories suggested some new pages: CLO, CBO and CDO, as well as mean reversion.
Living in Sri Lanka, it is hard to be unaware of window dressing or creative accounting.
Finally, historical cost and current cost accounting, as nuts-and-bolts pieces I had been delaying for too long.
Change of licence
Sharp eyed readers may have noticed a subtle change to the Creative Commons licence notice in the side bar. The logic is quite simple. I do not, at the moment, intend to directly make revenue from this blog. I do intend to use it to spread my ideas and to enhance my reputation. So I should encourage people to reproduce my material, as long as they attribute it. (more…)
Stumbleupon sucks
Sorry for the title, but it matches what people search for. I have been seriously trying out “web 2.0″ social networking for the first time and I got very annoyed. (more…)
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