Vexillologically speaking, I've always wondered when there would be a demand to outlaw the state flags that resemble either the national flag or the battle flag of the Confederate States of America (even if they don't incorporate either one directly).
I love Switzerland.
(With apologies to Mr. Clarke.)
The only way that PEs are useful is with an awful lot of interpretation (of the kind you did regarding Apple) and I just find it's better to get one's hands dirty and go with cash-return-on-cash-invested (which, as a form of DCF, is by nature risk-adjusted).
Best of luck on the CFA!
Be careful before you categorize folks' political interests, although at least you used the small-L version of "liberal." I'm an oddball at Gawker.
By the way, I would avoid PE analysis, if I were you. The ease of calculating that ratio is matched only by its (general) uselessness. I'm going to make you do some homework on discounted cash flow adjusted for risk, using, when necessary, restated accounting numbers. (No pain; no gain.) Risk-adjusted DCFs capture the larger-PE-versus-smaller-PE explanation that you made in the other post.
Emma, that is wonderfully weird and priceless at the same time. I sense that you could make sportscasting interesting again.
(Also, does he miss a strip, or I am mistaken?)
You're right, I should read the books, and I want to. I agree that the lines themselves demonstrate that, set apart because of his diminuative physical stature, Tyrion is of greater stature in other ways, such as wit, insight, observation, etc. However, I have been spoiled--when I do read the book, I will always imagine Dinklage's voice and body language and facial expressions. That guy just kills me.