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Kyle C Binder

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Kyle C Binder @kylecbinder.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Pour one out for the talented folks who maintained the python package yfinance for the past 10+ years. Absolutely excellent work. No “data contracts” with Yahoo, but you made it work. Sorry that vibe coding (my speculation) crushed the API rate limits.

media.tenor.com

two men are standing next to each other in front of a wall .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other in front of a wall .

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Kyle C Binder @kylecbinder.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

(3) mindful of what’s best for the game at large. Worth a (re-) listen.

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Kyle C Binder @kylecbinder.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

This 8+ yr interview from @thinkingpoker.bsky.social is the best analysis of Kassouf’s role in poker: thinkingpoker.net/2016/10/epis... Andrew and @natemeyvis.bsky.social do just enough grilling of Kassouf but they’re (1) respectful, (2) academic in their exploring the gray area of the rules, &

thinkingpoker.net

Episode 189: William Kassouf – Thinking Poker

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Kyle C Binder @kylecbinder.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Addendum: Props to the authors for acknowledging measurement error is still likely to be very large for these types of studies.

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Kyle C Binder @kylecbinder.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

(4/4) The argument goes that if the wealthy had spent (i.e. consumed) more, we would have seen higher (USA) inflation. One such study: osam.com/Commentary/u...

osam.com

Upside-Down Markets: Profits, Inflation and Equity Valuation in Fiscal Policy Regimes

In this piece, Jesse Livermore* explores the stock market implications of fiscal policy. Focusing specifically on the COVID-19 pandemic, he shows how the presence of fiscal policy as a reliable source...

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Kyle C Binder @kylecbinder.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

(3/4) Also supporting the notion that income inequality matters more & is felt more: folks have argued (convincingly) that the top 20% having their wealth in financial assets (instead of contributing quasi-proportionally to consumption) was responsible for 2010s low inflation.

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Kyle C Binder @kylecbinder.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

(2/4) it feels that the pulse of the bottom 80% is that income inequality matters more and is felt more (than consumption inequality). What’s the source of this conventional wisdom? <reads paper>. Oh it’s Piketty.

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Kyle C Binder @kylecbinder.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

(1/4) The premise from paper #2 feels wrong but maybe I’m missing something. Is it really “conventional wisdom” that consumption inequality has been rising as much as income inequality? I don’t think so. I’m in as much of a bubble as anyone, but

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