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About
The Person Behind the Show
My
name is Rahat Ahmed. I'm a twenty-two year old living in New York
City. I was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Augsut 28, 1981, and spent
half of my pre-collegiate life in Houston, Texas. In May, I will
hopefully be graduating from the Stern School of Business at New
York University on my way to an appropriately named dual-B.S. in
Finance and Marketing. I do not get good grades. That withstanding,
I will be (and already do) working at an emerging markets hedge fund
in SoHo. We are cool. We have metal desks.
I am passionate about quite a few things in life, and sometimes
feel that I'm the reincarnation of the modern renaissance man.
But, of course, I tend to be often delusional. You can decide yourself:
I love films. You can visit by "Top 20" list here.
My favorite film of all-time is Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood
For Love. I love music. My favorite bands are Radiohead, New
Order and The Weakerthans. And yes, I do believe "Hey Ya" is arguably
one of the greatest songs of all time. I like books. I'm obsessed
with Haruki Murakami. I also enjoy food quite a bit. If you're
ever in the city, I could probably give you some good locations
to try out.
Previously: I've written A
Crash Course in Rahat, for you to enjoy.
Why So Cautiously Optimistic?
Life is suddenly wonderful. That is to say, for the past few years,
the benchmark has been less than impressive. Nonetheless, everything
suddenly is fitting together. I feel as if I have direction for
once—and believe me, it's nice to know where you're going
for once. Yeah: I feel comfortable with
life.
But it's never smart to be too happy about a potentially bright
future. While hoping for the worst is often too pessimistic, it's
good to take the chance of success with a grain of salt. That is,
essentially, cautious optimism at its finest.
The Name and Its Birthplace
Interestingly, the idea came about from an earnings call on February
10 for Taiwanese LCD-panel maker AU Optronics. The gap in syntax
psychology between Western investors and Chinese modesty was clearly
seen when the term “cautiously optimistic” led people to
believe that management was shaky about the future of the firm. Even though
management is probably very confident about the company's outlook, they are
not smug enough to say it blatantly; instead, they hint at their glowing success
by prefixing “optimistic” with “cautiously.” Most Western investors misunderstood
this as a sign of weakness. The stock fell heavily. |
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