Eel isn't something that most people would consider ordering as an entrée in a restaurant; eel and rice bowl will most definitely not cross anybody's mind.
Why, you may ask. Because it's eel! All you can think of is the slimy, slippery nature of the eel and you can't imagine it as food or worse still, on your plate. My goal with this write-up is to completely change your orientation and have you eating eel at your next meal (okay maybe not your next meal).
We're gonna be looking at a Japanese grilled eel dish called unagi don, but before we get into unagi don, let's discuss eels or unagi.
Eel is traditionally eaten during the summer months in Japan. This tradition dates back to the Edo period (1603-1868) when eels were eaten to avoid summer fatigue as they contain very high levels of vitamins, nutrient, and protein that provide energy and give the stamina to survive the hot days.
During the Edo period though, the eels were quite cheap and readily available. Now, however, because the eel population has greatly diminished, it is more expensive and eaten only during special occasions as a luxury food.
Doyo no Ushi no Hi (the Day of the Ox) is the national day for eating grilled eel in Japan. It usually falls between July 20th – August 10th although the exact date changes every year.
The unagi, the freshwater eel, is going to be our focus for today. Unagi is found in the rivers of Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, as well as the Northern Philippines. It is cultivated from May to October and like all the eels of the genus Anguilla, it is catadromous.
Japanese eel varieties are usually eaten cooked, not raw (contrary to popular opinion), in different creative ways and served in several unique styles. And with each unique style of serving, the dish has a completely new name. The meal often comes with other dishes that have mild flavors to balance out the rich flavor of the eel. One of such meals is unagi don.
Unagi don is a meal of perfectly grilled eel fillets over a bowl of warm, steamed rice seasoned with a homemade unagi sauce. The eel is glazed with a sweet soy-based sauce called tare and cooked over the charcoal fire till it's nicely brown and caramelized.
Unagi don is gotten from the phrase, "unagi donburi". Unagi means eel and donburi is a rice bowl dish. So it translates to "eel over rice bowl dish." Unagi donburi is also called unadon for short.
How is the eel made?
The eel used for unagi don is prepared kabayaki style. This process of cooking takes years to learn (about ten years) but it allows the meat to melt instantaneously in the mouth after chewing. This leaves you with the taste of the rich, juicy flavor. Eels with small heads, long bodies and plump are selected.
A special eel knife called unagi-bocho is used to cut open the meat laterally, along the belly. Then the big bones are taken out and the eel is put on skewers and grilled over charcoal fire.
This grilling adds a nice aroma to the eel and removes the fishy smell. The eel is then put in a steamer to remove excess fat and dipped in mirin and soy sauce and grilled again and then packed for sale.
In Japan, two different schools of thought for preparing food kabayaki style to existing. In the Eastern Kantō region, kabayaki eel (or unagi no kabayaki) is slit down its back and butterflied such that a lighter toned stripe of the belly travels down the middle of each fillet on the skin side.
The longer eels are cut into smaller portions that are square shaped and then skewered. Then this skewered eel is broiled plain (what is known as shirayaki) then steamed, before it is seasoned and then grilled again. This makes it turn out more tender after grilling.
In the Western Kansai region, unagi no kabayaki is slit down its belly and grilled directly without it first being steamed. Usually, it is not cut and it is called nagayai. The outer skin is mostly tough and hard to chew so eel cooked in this Western style is usually placed in between the hot rice to help it become tender. I'm the Kansai region, the eel is often called mamushi.
This is how the eel is made in the factories. Our job is to buy it and eat it so don't start feeling anxious, okay? Good.
Unagi Don Recipe – Delightful and Delicious!
I'll be sharing a recipe for unagi don. Most Japanese home cooks here in the U. S. don't buy fresh eel (in fact it's quite rare to see them in the stores in Japan). They usually buy grilled eel or pre-grilled eel sold in packets from Japanese supermarkets. The eels could be imported from Japan or another country.
I noticed that thee unagi imported from Japanese is more expensive though. But not to worry, any eel will work just as well and will taste just the same as the iconic unadon. It's fairly easy to make and if you have all your unagi don ingredients, you can have your very own Japanese experience right there in your kitchen.
Wait, one more thing. The rice used in this recipe is Japanese short grain rice. It's different in shape and texture from regular rice sold in stores. You would find it labeled as 'sushi rice' in stores in America and outside Japan.
But please don't confuse it with Japanese sushi rice which is vinegared, seasoned rice used for making sushi. And as for the sauce, you can buy 'unagi sauce' from your local Japanese or Asian market or you can make it at home, I'll show you how. Now, let's begin.
We start by making the unagi sauce. Mix the mirin and sake in a saucepan and allow to boil (to evaporate the alcohol).
Add the sugar and stir until it completely melts down. Then add the soy sauce and allow to boil. Reduce the heat and allow the sauce to simmer until it thickens.
Next, we boil the rice. Cook your Japanese short grain rice in a rice cooker for about 15 minutes.
Now, we work on the eel. Take it out if the packet and cut it into the half. Place it on a baking sheet and cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes.
Take it out and spray some unagi sauce on it and broil for another minute or so.
Put your cooked rice in a serving bowl and spray some unagi sauce over the rice. Place the eel fillets over the rice and add some more sauce. Top off with your sesame seeds, sansho pepper, seaweed paper, and green onions. Serve immediately.
The Japanese know what to do with food, I've always said it. And they know how to spice things up. The same meal in a different serving dish becomes a completely different meal with a completely different name. The unagi is prized for its soft, fatty meat and the bold, exotic taste.
Sansho pepper (pepper native to Japan) is usually served with the eel. When ground, it has a potent herbal flavor which penetrates the fatty flavor of the eel.
Unagi can be eaten at many restaurants such as tempura or sushi restaurants or at special unagi restaurants known as unagiya. I've listed below some ways to eat unagi, including unadon.
Unadon: unadon or unagi don is grilled eel over rice. The unagi is glazed with a special tare, a sweet, thick soy sauce and placed on a round bowl of boiled rice. Unagi don is perfect to be prepared on the barbecue during a hot summer's day or on an oven grill in the evening. More on this coming right up.
Unajyu: this is the same thing as unadon, but instead of a round bowl, a rectangular serving dish called jubako is used.
Shirayaki: in the shirayaki style unagi, the eel is roasted without the sauce and seasoned only with salt. This allows the genuine, original flavor of the eel to be tasted when eaten. It is usually complemented by a side of wasabi and a light soy-based dipping sauce.
Hitsumabushi: this is eel served in a very unique way. The grilled eel is divided into four portions. The first portion is eaten in a rice bowl, as it is.
The second portion is also in a rice bowl, but has green onions, wasabi and seaweed added to it. All these complement the natural flavor of the eel. And the third portion is eaten in a similar to the second, but with a hot broth of freshly brewed green tea poured over it.
Eel Nigiri: this is basically eel eaten in sushi and is actually the most common way of eating sushi in Japan. It is a ball of pressed rice topped with the unagi, grilled and brushed with tare sauce and then served in slices.
Eel hone senbei: in Japanese, hone means bone and senbei are traditional crackers. Hone senbei is a snack of deep-fried fish bones usually served with alcoholic beverages. It's crunchy, with a salty taste. Because eels have a long spine, their backbones are ideal for senbei.
Umaki: "maki" in Japanese means "rolled". Umaki is eel that is wrapped in an egg omelet and sliced, and it's a tasty combination of the sweet, salty, savory, richness of the eel and the soft, fluffed up texture of the omelet. When cooked with dashi (Japanese broth), the omelet is extra juicy.
Kimoyaki: "kimo" means "eel liver" and "yaki" means "grilled". So kimoyaki is a dish of grilled eel liver. The liver is cooked over charcoal and sprayed with a tare sauce, doused over with sansho pepper. Kimoyaki is also a dish that goes well with alcoholic beverages. Kimo is rich in iron, vitamins, and calcium.
Kimosui: kimosui is a transparent, tasty soup made with flavored and boiled eel livers, and added to a broth made of mirin, dashi, soy sauce, and mitsuba. This soup is served as a side, accompanying an eel bowl to make for a really complete meal.
What is so Great About the Eel?
With a long, slim, body and slippery, slithery movements, the eel is not what most people would consider ideal for a meal. In fact, if you see the eel alive, you'd think twice about eating it. But for hundreds of years, different varieties of the eel have featured in Japanese cuisines and they are popular amongst the people and even visitors.
Some of the eels eaten include anago (saltwater eel), unagi (freshwater eel), dojō (loach), Gimpo (Pholidae) and hamo (conger eel). The Japanese are a bold people, and they let nothing – not even slime – get in the way of their culinary satisfaction.
The ingredients used to make the sweet unagi sauce are very important as they help the final taste of the unagi. And the different unagi restaurants have their own secret recipe and are known to fiercely protect it.
The quality of charcoal used is also key.
The best charcoal is made from the oak tree found in Wakayama in central Japan. And the eel itself, it is best caught wild rather than farm fresh. The ideal size is between 30 and 50 centimeters. Some real fancy unagi restaurants keep the eels in large tanks and only start preparing one when an order is placed. It's gonna take a while, but in the end, it's always worth it.
For what seems like just simple seafood, the unagi does bring many mouth-watering flavors to the taste buds and a host of different ways to prepare it. I hope you make this unagi don recipe and enjoy it as much as I did. From me to you, it's bye!


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White House chefs look for sensitivity, not a star
This Dec. 12, 2006 file photo shows White House Chef Cristeta Comerford as she pauses during preparation for a meal in the White House kitchen in Washington. As tempting as it may be to see the Obama family's choice as the ultimate "Top Chef" reality show, former White House executive chef Walter Scheib believes there's a 90 percent chance the new administration will stick with his successor, Cristeta Comerford. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE)
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By HOLLY RAMER, The Associated Press
Speculating about a new chef at the White House has become – as one culinary insider puts it – fantasy football for foodies.
But as tempting as it may be to see the Obama family's choice as the ultimate "Top Chef" competition, former White House chefs say the job is about selfless service, not star power.
Walter Scheib, White House executive chef for Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, believes there's a 90 percent chance the new administration will stick with his successor, Cristeta Comerford. And if the Obamas do hire someone new, it won't be a television personality or any of the celebrity names bandied about on food and political blogs, he said.
"None of these people have any idea what the job is about," said Scheib. "And they're temperamentally not suited for it. You have to be a person who has a real heart of service, and it can't be someone who needs to see themselves on camera."
Roland Mesnier, who retired in 2004 after 25 years as the White House's executive pastry chef, would never recommend a TV chef for the first family.
"Celebrity chefs, in my book, are not chefs. They're entertainers," he said. "All these people on TV? Forget it."
A spokesman for President-elect Barack Obama said it's too early to comment whether there will be a new executive chef. But outside speculation has focused on Art Smith, Oprah Winfrey's personal chef; NBA star Carmelo Anthony's personal chef, Daniel Young, who cooked for Obama at the Democratic National Convention; and Rick Bayless, whose Chicago restaurant Topolobampo is a favorite of Obama's.
At the same time, members of the Organic Consumers Association are organizing a letter-writing campaign urging Obama to promote healthy, sustainable and organic eating by hiring a well-known organic chef such as Nora Pouillon or Alice Waters.
None of the above would be a good fit, said Scheib.
"I get a kick out of all these people saying the No. 1 thing should be green, or sustainable or this, that or the other thing. They're missing the point. It's not about advancing your agenda. It's not about building your repertoire. It's not about getting your business promoted," he said. "It's about serving the first family, first, last and in every way. That's the only job."
The head chef earns $80,000-$100,000 a year creating menus for state dinners, holiday functions, receptions and official luncheons hosted by the president and first lady. Though the gala affairs are organizational challenges, Scheib says the greater challenge comes on the personal side: feeding the president, his family and guests.
A White House chef's sensitivity and understanding is just as important as culinary skills, given that the chef is among the few people who interact with the first family in private, Scheib and Mesnier say.
"For the domestic staff – and for all the fancy titles, that's all the people in the residence are – how they learn the temperament and temperature of the first family is crucial. It makes doing a state dinner look easy," said Scheib, who has written a book and started a business planning private events since leaving the White House. "The challenge is how you give them everything they need and at the same time expand their horizons if they choose, but at the same time, not being underfoot."
Or as Mesnier puts it, "You have to be almost a clairvoyant, someone who can read a crystal ball and be able to judge what would they love today."
Both men give Comerford, the first woman and first minority to serve as executive chef, high marks in that regard. Neither believes she will be replaced, an opinion not shared by Tim Ryan, president of the Culinary Institute of America, which has sent several alumni (including Scheib) to the White House.
Though he says speculation about celebrity chefs is "like engaging in fantasy football," he believes the Obamas will seize the opportunity to do make changes. He suggests another CIA grad as a candidate – John Doherty, executive chef at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel – but said Obama could also shake things up with a rotating cast of big name chefs for state dinners, much in the same way John F. Kennedy invited famed artists and performers to the White House.
"Chefs are great performers. So to take a page from Kennedy's playbook and recognize the artistic performances of the culinary greats, each state dinner could be organized by different high-profile chefs," he said.
That way, Obama could bring in chefs like Thomas Keller and Jonathan Beno – the first American chefs to be granted three Michelin stars – molecular gastronomy guru Grant Achatz or Ethiopian-born Marcus Samuelson of Aquavit restaurant. Such an arrangement would allow the president to "capture some of the star power but in a practical and realistic way," Ryan said.
Curiosity about the White House chef is nothing new, Ryan said, but it has been amplified by the public's Food Network-fed interest in all things food-related.
"I recall back to the Reagan administration getting calls about it ... so people are always interested in the White House chef," he said. "But that said, it's got to be exponentially greater today because the interest in food is so much greater."
Walter Scheib: https://www.theamericanchef.com
Roland Mesnier: https://chefrolandmesnier.com
Culinary Institute of America: https://www.ciachef.edu
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I urge decision-makers to consider the incredibly high-risk nature of homebound and immunocompromised seniors.

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Every year, thousands of people are injured on Florida roads, and tragically some are even killed. Unfortunately many of these accidents could have been prevented if the driver exercised reasonable care behind the wheel. While liability is clear when a negligent driver gets into an accident, what happens when a car owner lets another person drive his or her car and that person causes an accident? In this situation, Florida law allows the injured party to take legal action against both the driver and the car owner under the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, which is rooted in negligence.
The dangerous instrumentality doctrine is a common law rule that holds the owner of a fundamentally dangerous tool responsible for any injuries caused by the use of that tool. The doctrine applies to motor vehicles in that car owners may be responsible for any damages suffered by third parties as a result of negligent driving of the car, when the car is driven with the owner's knowledge and permission.
In Roman v. Bogle, the lawsuit arose from a tragic car accident in which the driver and his passenger were killed when the car ran a red light and was hit by a truck. The passenger's mother (Roman) filed suit against the driver's estate as well as the driver's father (Bogle), claiming that the father, as the owner of the car, was liable under the dangerous instrumentality doctrine. It is important to note that Bogle was not in the car at the time of the accident.
One who authorizes and permits an instrumentality that is peculiarly dangerous in its operation to be used by another on the public highway is liable in damages for injuries to third persons caused by the negligent operation of such instrumentality on the highway by one so authorized by the owner.
Put another way, when an owner authorized another person to use an automobile that is considered to be "peculiarly dangerous," that owner is responsible for the carelessness of the driver. This does not mean the driver would be able to evade a lawsuit altogether. In most cases, both the driver and owner can be named in the suit.
In complicated cases, the laws of negligence can become very complex. However, the underlying principle of the law is to allow the injured party to recover from any party whose carelessness caused or contributed to the accident and harmed the plaintiff. The dangerous instrumentality doctrine is a plaintiff-friendly doctrine empowering Florida victims with additional legal options to recover for their injuries.
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Records: Fired jobs-agency official clashed with colleague
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, and Ronald J. Hansen
Arizona had a typically weak May%2C losing 10%2C000 jobs%2C but still had grown 61%2C000 over the year
The jobs report was overshadowed by the dismissal of the economist who normally handled the task
Beneath the calm surface of the agency that gathers Arizona's data on job and population changes was a smoldering battle between officials who were kept apart in an effort to manage the poisoned relations, records show.
One of those officials, Aruna Murthy, the former director of economic analysis for the Arizona Office of Employment and Population Statistics, was let go in recent days, bringing the discord into public view.
State records released late Wednesday in response to an Arizona Republic request provide insight into Murthy's workplace environment.
Murthy, who oversaw the state's monthly jobs reports for more than five years, was recently embroiled in a conflict with an unnamed colleague that had grown so bad a mediator was brought in and the two co-workers had taken personality tests.
Her colleague complained Murthy was "very controlling" and "refuses to communicate with him face-to-face," instead opting for e-mail, according to an October e-mail.
For her part, Murthy felt "threatened and scared" of her co-worker, who tended to confront her in her office, records show.
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The Department of Administration, which oversees the jobs agency, noted Murthy was fired after "her repeated failure to manage activities."
Paul Shannon, who supervises the jobs and population agency, delivered the May employment report Thursday and declined to discuss Murthy's departure. Instead, he offered a quick summary of a month that saw employers erase 10,700 jobs, largely because of seasonal government layoffs.
The unemployment rate dropped to 5.8 percent and over the past year the state has added 61,100 jobs, Shannon said.
Murthy left after a string of downbeat jobs reports that noted the state's relatively weak job growth in recent months and as Gov. Doug Ducey has sought to polish the state's public image and economic message.
Shannon's report for May didn't include summaries for each of the state's 11 major industrial sectors.
Professional and business services, especially those that include temporary workers, fared best in May, adding 2,600 jobs. Government shrank the most, losing 12,200 net jobs.
"I think the recurring theme is that Arizona has seen steady, moderate growth over the past year," Shannon told reporters.
But Murthy's sudden exit and a new face for the state's jobs analysis overshadowed Thursday's briefing.
Murthy told The Republic earlier this week that she had created friction with her bosses when she voiced concerns about her staff working for the Governor's Regulatory Review Council.
Murthy and her staff were primarily funded by federal funds that are not to be used for non-federal work. Shannon said Murthy's staff was needed in April to help assess the economic impact of state regulations after the departure of another staffer. Their state-related work was to be relatively brief, carefully documented and paid from state funds, he said.
The longer term dispute with her former co-worker seemed to reach a critical point in October.
Murthy noted in a meeting that she had received growing questions about the state's employment data, including from someone at the Legislature, according to emails obtained by The Republic. When pressed to identify those who had complained, she said couldn't remember.
Her colleague responded with a scathing e-mail.
"When you do that in our meetings, you waste my time, and you waste the time of everyone else in the meeting. And when I share your unsubstantiated allegations with (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) staff ... then you have wasted BLS staff time, too. The next time you have something to say in a meeting, why don't you make sure first that what you have is correct, accurate, and unexaggerated, and that there is some evidence to support what you intend to say. Perhaps then you will earn some of that respect you seem to desire."


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Fuwei Jiang
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)
Assistant Professor of Finance
39 South College Road
Haidian District
Beijing, Beijing 100081
" I am working on investor sentiment, return predictability, big-data & machine-learning asset pricing, and China market "
Investor Sentiment Aligned: A Powerful Predictor of Stock Returns
Review of Financial Studies 28, 791-837, 2015
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 19 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2019
Dashan Huang, Fuwei Jiang, Jun Tu and Guofu Zhou
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Investor Sentiment, Asset Pricing, Return Predictability, Cash Flow, Discount Rate
Forecasting Stock Returns in Good and Bad Times: The Role of Market States
27th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2014 Paper, Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2016 Conference
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2017
Return predictability; Mean reversion; Momentum; Market risk premium; Leading economic indicator; 200-day moving average; Business cycle
Manager Sentiment and Stock Returns
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Fuwei Jiang, Joshua A. Lee, Xiumin Martin and Guofu Zhou
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Brigham Young University, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin School of Business and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
Manager Sentiment, Textual Tone, Investor Sentiment, Asset Pricing, Return Predictability
Forecasting Government Bond Risk Premia Using Technical Indicators
25th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2012, Asian Finance Association (AsFA) 2013 Conference
Jeremy Goh, Fuwei Jiang, Jun Tu and Guofu Zhou
Bond risk premium predictability, Economic variables, Technical analysis, Moving average rules, Volume, Out-of-sample forecasts, Principal components
Cost Behavior and Stock Returns
Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2015 Conference Paper
Cost behavior; sticky costs; operating costs; investor underreaction; limits to arbitrage
Economic Policy Uncertainty in China and Stock Market Expected Returns
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Jian Chen, Fuwei Jiang and Guoshi Tong
Xiamen University - School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) and Renmin University
Return Predictability, Economic Policy Uncertainty, Out-of-sample Forecasting, Asset Allocation, Chinese Stock Market
Accounting & Finance, Vol. 57, Issue 5, pp. 1265-1286, 2017
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Return predictability, Economic policy uncertainty, Out‐of‐sample forecasting, Asset allocation, Chinese stock market
Patents, Innovation, and Performance of Venture Capital-backed IPOs
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2015
Jerry Cao, Fuwei Jiang and Jay R. Ritter
Independent, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) and University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
Initial public offerings, Venture capital, Patents, Innovation, Long-run performance
Monetary Policy Uncertainty and Bond Risk Premium
Fuwei Jiang and Guoshi Tong
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) and Renmin University
Bond Return Predictability, Monetary Policy Uncertainty, Out-of-sample Forecasting
Q-Theory, Mispricing, and Profitability Premium: Evidence from China
Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2017 Conference
Fuwei Jiang, Xinlin Qi and Guohao Tang
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Global Market Dept. and Hunan University - College of Finance and Statistics
Profitability premium, Chinese stock market, Investment frictions, Q-theory, Mispricing
Ensemble Machine Learning and Stock Return Predictability
AFA 2020, AsianFA 2019, AMES 2019, FMND 2019
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2019
Ben Jacobsen, Fuwei Jiang and Hongwei Zhang
Tilburg University - TIAS School for Business and Society, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) and Tilburg University - TIAS School for Business and Society
Equity Premium Prediction, Machine Learning, Forecast Combination, Parameter Uncertainty, Diversification
Are Bond Returns Predictable with Real-Time Macro Data?
Dashan Huang, Fuwei Jiang, Guoshi Tong and Guofu Zhou
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Renmin University and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
Bond Return Predictability, Real Time Macro Data, Vintage, PCA, Big Data, Machine Learning
Scaled PCA: A New Approach to Dimension Reduction
Forecasting, PCA, Big Data, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning
The World Predictive Power of U.S. Equity Market Skewness
Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 96, 2019
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2019
Jian Chen, Fuwei Jiang, Shuyu Xue and Jiaquan Yao
Xiamen University - School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Singapore Management University and Jinan University - Management School
Return Predictability, International Stock Markets, Skewness, Market Crash
International Volatility Risk and Chinese Stock Return Predictability
Journal of International Money and Finance, 2017, Vol. 70, 183-203
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2017
Jian Chen, Fuwei Jiang, Yangshu Liu and Jun Tu
Xiamen University - School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Xiamen University - School of Management and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Return Predictability, Implied Volatility, Out-of-sample Forecasting, Chinese Stock
Can US Economic Variables Predict the Chinese Stock Market?
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Forthcoming , 24th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2011 Paper
Jeremy Goh, Fuwei Jiang, Jun Tu and Yuchen Wang
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Department of Statistics and Finance, University of Science and Technology of China
Chinese stock market; Return predictability; International investment
It Takes Two to Tango: Fundamental Timing in Stock Market
Fuwei Jiang, Xinlin Qi, Guohao Tang and Nan Huang
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Global Market Dept., Hunan University - College of Finance and Statistics and Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd.
Value Investing, Trend Following, Fundamental Timing Strategy, Chinese Stock Market
Forecasting Stock Returns with Model Uncertainty and Parameter Instability
Journal of Applied Econometrics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2019
Hongwei Zhang, Qiang He, Ben Jacobsen and Fuwei Jiang
Tilburg University - TIAS School for Business and Society, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Tilburg University - TIAS School for Business and Society and Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)
Market Efficiency, Asset Pricing, Equity Premia Predictability, Forecast Combination, Model Uncertainty, Parameter Instability, WALS
Firm Characteristics and Chinese Stocks
Fuwei Jiang, Guohao Tang and Guofu Zhou
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Hunan University - College of Finance and Statistics and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
Partial Least Square, Firm Characteristics, Systematic Factor, Chinese Stock Market
Dissecting the Effectiveness of Firm Financial Strength in Predicting Chinese Stock Market
31st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2018
Fuwei Jiang, Fujing Jin and Guohao Tang
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) and Hunan University - College of Finance and Statistics
Financial strength, Chinese stock market, Investment frictions, Q-theory, Mispricing
Chinese Stock Market Volatility and the Role of U.S. Economic Variables
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2016, No. 39, 70-83
Jian Chen, Fuwei Jiang, Hongyi Li and Weidong Xu
Xiamen University - School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Zhejiang University - School of Management
Volatility Forecasting, U.S. Economic Variables, Out-of-sample Forecasting, Combination Forecast, Chinese Stock Market
Boosting Portfolio Choice in the Big Data Era
Hongwei Zhang, Ben Jacobsen and Fuwei Jiang
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Portfolio Selection, Machine Learning, Boosting
Technical Analysis Profitability Without Data Snooping Bias: Evidence from Chinese Stock Market
International Review of Finance, Vol. 19, Issue 1, pp. 191-206, 2019
Fuwei Jiang, Guoshi Tong and Guokai Song
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Renmin University and Renmin University of China
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Asset Allocation in Chinese Stock Market: The Role of Return Predictability
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Jian Chen, Fuwei Jiang and Jun Tu
Xiamen University - School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Chinese Stock Market, Asset Allocation, Return Predictability, Combination Forecast


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Root Capital Fund II LP trading as Scale Up Capital 37.3%
Cannacord Genuity Group Inc 14.3%
LF Gresham House UK Micro Cap 8.7%
Stancroft Trust Limited 6.1%
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Kooth PLC has 33,055,776 shares in issue with 47.7% not in public hands.
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The Directors acknowledge the importance of high standards of corporate governance and intend to comply with the principles set out in the Corporate Governance Code issued by the QCA, to the extent that the Board considers appropriate for a business of the Company's size and nature. Full details of how the Company intends to comply with the QCA Code, from Admission, are detailed on the 'Corporate Governance' page.
The QCA Code sets out a minimum best practice for small and midsize quoted companies, particularly AIM Companies.On Admission, the Board will comprise the Independent Non-Executive Chair, two Executive Directors and a further two Non-Executive Directors, reflecting a blend of different experiences and backgrounds. Peter Whiting and Dame Sue Bailey are regarded as independent. The Board meets regularly to review, formulate and approve the Group's strategy, performance and corporate actions.
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The Company has established an Audit Committee and a Remuneration Committee with formally delegated duties and responsibilities and with written terms of reference. Each of these committees meet regularly on the frequencies set out in the Admissions Document. From time to time, separate committees may be set up by the Board to consider specific issues when the need arises.
The Audit Committee has the primary responsibility of monitoring the quality of internal controls to ensure that the financial performance of the Group is properly measured and reported. It receives and reviews reports from the Group's management and external auditors relating to the interim and annual accounts and the accounting and internal control systems in use throughout the Group. The Audit Committee meets no less than three times in each financial year and has unrestricted access to the Group's external auditors. The Audit Committee comprises Simon Philips and Dame Sue Bailey and is chaired by Peter Whiting.
The Remuneration Committee reviews the performance of the Executive Directors and make recommendations to the Board on matters relating to their remuneration and terms of service. The Remuneration Committee meets as and when necessary, but at least three times each year. In exercising this role, the Directors have regard to the recommendations put forward in the QCA Code and, where appropriate, the Remuneration Committee Guide for Small and Mid-Size Quoted Companies published by the QCA and associated guidance.
The Remuneration Committee does, where possible, adhere to the Remuneration Committee policy document which includes, inter alia, a requirement for executive directors of the Company to hold an amount of Shares in value equivalent to their annual salary, with a tapering post-employment shareholding requirement. The Remuneration Committee comprises Peter Whiting and Dame Sue Bailey and is chaired by Simon Philips.
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DEPUTY: Director and executive producer David Ayer on the new Fox drama series – Exclusive Interview
By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/04/2020
Fox's freshman Thursday-night drama DEPUTY deals with what happens when Los Angeles county Sheriff's Department Deputy Bill Hollister (played by Stephen Dorff) is unexpectedly made acting sheriff. The series is created by Will Beall, but executive producers David Ayer and Chris Long had a lot of input into DEPUTY's formation. Ayer directed the pilot and Episode 2, "Outlaws." Ayer, a Navy veteran who served on a nuclear submarine, is known for his work on feature films, many of which have law enforcement themes. He served as writer and director on the acclaimed LAPD drama END OF WATCH, and wrote the […]Read On »
Steven Price scores with the SUICIDE SQUAD – Interview
By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 08/14/2016
From THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN to THE DIRTY DOZEN, Hollywood scores have rejoiced in teams of bad-asses determined to go out in a blaze of glory. But seldom has a composer done a Holy Hell blow out like Steven Price with SUICIDE SQUAD. Packing together a rogues gallery of wannabe Batman killers into a force of extraordinarily evil magnitude, the Oscar winner of GRAVITY creates an ironically unintended superhero score to kill them all. Taken from Arkham Asylum for their mad skills with weapons, sorcery, mutant powers and sensual psychotic chops, Price brings the hybrid rage of today's action scoring to the next level, blending […]Read On »
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Movie Review: FURY
Rating: R Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs, Anamaria Rinca, Alicia von Rittberg Writer: David Ayer Director: David Ayer Distributor: Sony/Columbia Pictures Release Date: October 10, 2014 FURY is set in April 1945, when the Allies were winning the war in Europe, but the Nazis were still fighting back furiously. The film takes its title from the nickname of a stalwart tank. A valued crew member has just been lost and is being mourned in various ways by his fellows: the tank's top officer Sgt. Collier (Brad Pitt), religious Boyd Swan (Shia LaBeouf), […]Read On »
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In Fox's ten-part miniseries GRACEPOINT, Thursdays at 9 PM, a young boy has been murdered in a small Northern California coastal town, and everyone is a suspect. This includes the deceased's father, Mark Solano, played by Michael Peña. Peña, a Chicago native, has a film and TV career going back to 1994. He played Detective Armando Renta on a season of THE SHIELD. More recently he's starred or co-starred in films including TOWER HEIST, END OF WATCH, AMERICAN HUSTLE and played the title role in CESAR CHAVEZ. This week, Pena can be seen in FURY, the World War II drama […]Read On »


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Thomas Kilpper
The Ring: Bella Burge
© Thomas Kilpper
Thomas Kilpper born 1956
Woodcut on fabric
Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 2000
This is one of a series of unique prints generated from a site-specific work created in an office block on Blackfriars Road, in the London borough of Southwark. Orbit House was abandoned and scheduled for demolition when Kilpper gained access to the building in 1999. He carved a giant woodcut into the mahogany parquet covering the tenth floor, comprising an area of approximately 400 square metres. The woodcut depicted a boxing ring surrounded by an audience of some eighty characters whose names were cut around the edge of the image. The artist derived the portraits from photographs and etchings which he made into slides and projected onto the floor before carving the relief with chisels and a chainsaw. He then made a succession of prints, constituting individual portraits, on a range of new and found materials. He used old curtains left in the building, often sewing several pieces together to make one large, rectangular support. Paper sources include advertising hoarding paper and sheets of purple UV polythene film which Kilpper discovered screening windows in some rooms of the building. The herringbone texture of the parquet features strongly on all the uncut areas of the prints which were executed mainly in black ink using a specially-made giant, cement-filled roller. During the exhibition of the work, the prints were suspended on washing lines above the carved floor. Daylight from the surrounding windows filtered through their semi-translucent supports. Visitors would walk on the carved parquet while looking at the prints. A huge banner was printed from the entire surface (The Ring, collection the artist) and hung on the outside of the building for the duration of the installation. Tate owns twenty-one prints, twenty made on fabric (Tate P78537-P78556) and one on paper (Tate P78557). The Ring: Fight On (Tate T07671) is a section of the parquet flooring preserved before the building's demolition in late 2000.
The subjects of the woodcut are characters and events in some way related to the location and to the artist. Kilpper selected Orbit House because of the fascinating history of the building and its site and their connections with his own personal history and motivations. His installation created a web of serendipitous interconnecting personal and political narratives. In 1780, the Wesleyan Surrey Chapel was erected on the site by the charismatic preacher and orator, Reverend Rowland Hill (1744-1833). It served as a chapel until 1890, when the octagonal building was taken over by first an engineering company and then a furniture warehouse. Between 1907 and 1909 it functioned as one of London's earliest cinemas. In 1910 it became a popular boxing venue, The Ring, until 1940, when it was destroyed by a direct hit in a Luftwaffe raid aimed at the nearby rail link to Dover. During its time as The Ring, the building doubled as a soup kitchen, music hall and theatre, hosting productions of Shakespeare by The Old Vic Company. It was also used by Alfred Hitchcock as the set for his silent movie The Ring in 1926.
This print depicts Bella Burge (1877-1962), wife of Dick Burge (see Tate P78540) and manager of The Ring for twenty-five years after his death. A former music hall performer, she was befriended by the family of music hall 'queen' Marie Lloyd (see Tate P78538) and took on the name Lloyd to perform with Marie's sister Rosie in the 1890s. Money she had made on the stage under the name Bella Lane paid for the fitting out of The Ring in 1910. A strong personality, she was known by many music hall and boxing lovers as 'Bella of Blackfriars' and her life story, written by Leslie Bell, was serialised in The Evening News in 1961. To reflect her role of welcoming people to The Ring, Kilpper positioned her at the centre of the entrance to the room in his woodcut. The print support was made from five sections of fabric, including a narrow strip of dark orange which creates a vivid stripe down the left side of Bella Burge's face.
Thomas Kilpper: The Ring, exhibition brochure, South London Gallery Projects 2000
Thomas Kilpper: The Ring, exhibition catalogue, Orbit House, London 2000, pp.14-15 and 43, reproduced p.33
Sue Hubbard, 'An Eye for the Bigger Picture', Independent: The Tuesday Review, 21 March 2000
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A White House official briefed representatives from more than a dozen conservative groups on Thursday, hoping to bring them into the fold as the administration readies to push its $1 trilliThe meeting marks the start of what will be a lengthy campaign to sell the infrastructure package, which has already come under criticism from Democrats and some fiscal conservatives. People who attended the meeting said the White House is expected to unveil more details next week.
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For decades, countless animals have suffered and died on live export 'ships of shame' run by Emanuel Exports. No more.
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