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XKCD-style slide
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<meta charset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cmx.io/v/0.1/cmx.css">
<script src="http://cmx.io/v/0.1/cmx.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<style>.cmx-user-scene4 .cmx-text-border .cmx-path {stroke: orange}</style>
<body>
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<label t="translate(0,346)">
<tspan x="0" y="0em">9:30am Thursday morning</tspan>
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<tspan x="0" y="-3em">I had an idea last night!</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="0em">Tech stocks are going</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="1em">to rise in value.</tspan>
<tspan x="8" y="76px">Better go trade...</tspan>
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<bubble t="translate(-3,0)" pose="0,0|-12,22|-83,104|45,21|-37,182|-67,163">
<tspan x="0" y="-2em">What's the price of AAPL</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="2em">Can I buy 100 shares?</tspan>
</bubble>
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<bubble t="translate(-2,-9)" pose="0,0|7,33|14,66|30,143|2,169|-41,123">
<tspan x="0" y="-4em">$102.05</tspan>
<tspan x="-2em" y="0em">What does he</tspan>
<tspan x="-2em" y="1em">know about AAPL</tspan>
<tspan x="-2em" y="2em">that I don't?</tspan>
<tspan x="-3em" y="4em">Actually... <tspan fill="red">$103.00</tspan></tspan>
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<label t="translate(0,225)">
<tspan x="0" y="0em">A few minutes later</tspan>
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<actor t="translate(209,4) rotate(2)" pose="-41,48|-10,105|0,88|0,78|0,68|0,48|-5,23|-10,-2|5,23|10,-2|-11,70|-4,54|17,86|-4,110">
<bubble t="translate(-2,-9)" pose="0,0|-13,24|-29,52|-86,-4|-99,79|-165,70">
<tspan x="-1em" y="-2em">Was that trade a</tspan>
<tspan x="-1em" y="-1em">signal about...</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="1em">Tech stocks?</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="2em">Silicon valley companies?</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="3em">Chinese production lines?</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="4em">Cash reserves?</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="5em" fill="red">Something else???</tspan>
</bubble>
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<tspan x="0" y="0em">Existing information-based</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="1em">asset-pricing models</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="2em">assume everyone agrees</tspan>
<tspan x="0" y="3em">on what to learn about.</tspan>
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</actor>
</scene>
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