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    Tag: Risk

    • The Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack Exposes A Significant Economic and National Security Risk

      We have written numerous articles about the risks associated with legacy technologies from a cybersecurity perspective. It seems Colonial Pipeline got off easy in its recent ransomware cyberattack. The economic and national security impact would have been significant if an enemy state decided to corrupt Colonial’s systems in such a manner so as to prevent…

    • CEORater CEO Risk Report

      We are introducing CEORater’s initial CEO Risk Report (“CRR”) which may be accessed at the end of this note. (Readers who access this note via email will be required to click the “read more” button in order to access the report). CEORater’s CRR details companies and CEOs that CEORater believes carry elevated risk, primarily within…

    • High Yield Is High Yield No Matter How You Securitize It

      High Yield debt is High Yield because of the underlying risk profile of the issuer. “Whole Business” securities masked this risk – and won High Grade status – by pledging additional assets. Guess which security type is blowing up? High Yield debt is High Yield no matter how you package it. High Yield issuance exploded…

    • Facebook Is Using AI to Turn 2D Photos into 3D Images

      Facebook is using AI to turn 2D photos into 3D photos. Fun for consumers. The question is to what degree can Facebook’s convolutional neural net-powered technology be used to disrupt legacy geospatial/GIS offerings from companies such as Verisk (tkr: VRSK), ESRI (private), Trimble (tkr: TRMB), Garmin (tkr: GRMN), Pitney Bowes (tkr: PBI) and many others?…

    • Cult of CEO Personality & Implications for Stock Prices

      We at CEORater have highlighted the importance of CEO personality in terms of its influence on corporate strategy, operational and financial performance and thereby implications for stock prices. Don’t take our word for it, there’s plenty of published research from various academic institutions including the work of David Larker and Charles O’Reilly, both of Stanford…

    • Using CEO Personality Types to Identify Risk

      We extracted data from our recent CEORater CEO Personality Analytics research findings. We have focused on the personality trait “Openness” for the purpose of this note. Recall that CEO’s who score high along the “Openness” spectrum tend to be more adaptable and are better at navigating through changing customer markets, particularly those that may be…