Archives for: May 2007
05/30/07
As learnt from other posts, behavioral finance deals with the topic how people's emotions affect their investment decisions and finally their performance.
Many studies have shown that a lot of human beings are amazingly irrational about money and the… more »
05/29/07
Marketocracy, Inc. ('Marketocracy' of 'the Company') is an asset manager for mutual and hedge funds. The Company applies an internet-based investment tool and - unique in the sector - built up a comprehensive investor network with more than 50'000 virtua… more »
In the US, there are over 1.5 million tax exempt/nonprofit organizations with over $3.5 trillion dollars in Assets and Income of over $2.7 trillion dollars. Following link provides a comprehensive list of tax exempt organizations by name and geography. D… more »
05/28/07
Downing Street on Climate Change more »
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has selected fortyseven visionary companies as Technology Pioneers. They are from such different fields as biosensors, removing landmines, implantable medical devices or treatment of brain tumors. The election jury consiste… more »
05/27/07
Yulia Timoshenko has published a long article in the new edition of Foreign Affairs titled "Containing Russia." The article contains a wealth of information and numerous compelling arguments. Apparently the article was ruffling some feathers in the Kreml… more »
05/24/07
The Global Ideas Bank is probably the biggest database of various ideas on the internet. Hundreds of ideas are submitted each month by people from all over the world. The great thing is that people can vote on the site, choosing the best ideas democratic… more »
05/18/07
In the nineties Paul Volcker posed the question why financial institutions can be highly profitable even though there is fierce competition.
Attached paper of James Crotty of University of Massachusetts, Amherst, deals with this question. In looking at… more »
The Middle East was long viewed as a source of rather than a target region for direct investments. The region was seen as politically and economically not stable enough for such investments. Consequently, Arab money was seeking investment opportunities a… more »
2006 Business Week Ranking of World's most innovative Companies more »
05/17/07
Private Equity Online elects (online) every year the best private equity firms in various countries and categories. Results are shown on their homepage:
The Global Private Equity Awards more »
Citywire is an organization which rates Europe's best fund managers every year. They have an online service showing the various rankings.
Citywire: Europe's top 100 Fund Managers more »
05/13/07
Attached paper shows a framework for financial intermediation. It is a framework where financial intermediaries possess no inherent information processing or monitoring advantages. The paper tries to show that financial intermediation will still have its… more »
Switzerland has seen several major unfriendly takeover deals in the past 18 months. Firms such as Unaxis, Saurer, Ascom, Converium have been attacked by raiders which could make use of the fact that there seems to be a loophole in the Swiss takeover rule… more »
05/04/07
NZZ, May 4, 2007:
Haus und Geld
Klumpenrisiken beim Anlegen
Die Placierung von privaten Vermögenswerten in Immobilienanlagen erfreut sich einer grossen Beliebtheit. Rund 40 Prozent des Bruttovermögens der privaten Haushalte in den wichtigste… more »
05/01/07
Digitized, instant communication is one of the major technological revolutions of our time.
We can now read newspapers, RSS feeds, blogs from anywhere in the world. Furthermore, We can decide what sort of advertising we want to see, or what we want t… more »
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