Just last week, bitcoin was the third largest of the 10 events Birinyi studied. It was third behind an 18th-century French financing scheme around the development of the Mississippi Valley, known as the Mississippi bubble, and the one-day 31 percent surge in Qualcomm in December 1999. According to Birinyi Associates, it was a Wall Street analyst's call for a $1,000 target that set Qualcomm shares on fire.
When I was younger, my dream was to be in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. All I ever did in high school was play my flute and go to PMEA events. I advanced all the way to the State level and was first chair in the orchestra. When the time to choose what college I wanted to go to and what my major would be came around, I knew I wanted to go somewhere with a phenomenal music program.