Daniel Davies

3 weeks ago | menshealth.com.au | Daniel Davies

VO2 MAX IS one of those esoteric fitness concepts that most people have heard of but few can actually explain. Basically, it’s a measurement of how much oxygen our bodies can consume while exercising, and its roots can be traced back over 100 years, to two physiologists, Archibald Vivian Hill and Hartley Lupton. The pair strapped air bags to study participants and discovered that the faster they ran, the more oxygen they required – up to a limit.

4 weeks ago | efinancialcareers.co.uk | Daniel Davies

Much in finance seems to happen frictionlessly and almost instantly, so when a bank like Morgan Stanley begins to execute on the reduction in force that Ted Pick announced back in March, it's a reminder that cutting head is more than a matter of calling people into a conference room and giving them a cardboard box to clear their desk. The paperwork needs to be filed. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here.

4 weeks ago | efinancialcareers.com | Daniel Davies

Much in finance seems to happen frictionlessly and almost instantly, so when a bank like Morgan Stanley begins to execute on the reduction in force that Ted Pick announced back in March, it's a reminder that cutting head is more than a matter of calling people into a conference room and giving them a cardboard box to clear their desk. The paperwork needs to be filed. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here.

1 month ago | ft.com | Daniel Davies

A stablecoin is a stablecoin, much like a cigar can be just a cigar. But which non-crypto thing does it most closely resemble? A bank deposit?

1 month ago | efinancialcareers.com | Daniel Davies

There’s a famous proverb among traders - “being wrong is inevitable; staying wrong is unforgivable”.What’s less well known is that there is an exact equivalent of this for boardroom politics.Disagreeing with the CEO is unavoidable and often a good thing.But after a point, continuing to disagree, particularly if you do so publicly, is going to raise the question of “what are you still doing here then?”Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here.