Archives for: June 2012
06/30/12
12:30:03 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
, 111 words 
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Fiscal Times: 7 Reasons the Fed Should Raise Interest Rates…
...and Still Keep Easy Money Flowing through the Economy, Bruce Bartlett, June 29, 2012
Most economists reading the title of this article probably think I am an idiot. Easier money is what… more »
06/27/12
09:20:26 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 381 words
Categories: Investment, Academic, Banks/Investment Banks, Industrial Firms, Regulation
Arnott, Robert D. and Wu, Lillian Jing, The Winners Curse: Too Big to Succeed? (June 20, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2088515Abstract: "Much ink has been spilled on the perils of allowing some companies to become “too b… more »
06/26/12
07:46:32 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 149 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Europe, Economics Global
Are central banks loosing control and do we need a global institution? We believe definitely not .... by observing the instrumentalisation of the transnational ECB. More federalism in central banking could be another route to think about ... local versus… more »
06/24/12
Casey B. Mulligan, Do Welfare Policies Matter for Labor Market Aggregates? Quantifying Safety Net Work Incentives since 2007, NBER Working Paper No. 18088, May 2012
Abstract:
"Inflation-adjusted spending on means-tested subsidies has increased shar… more »
08:38:10 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 277 words
Categories: Central Banks/Government, Academic, Banks/Investment Banks
Fama, Eugene F., Does the Fed Control Interest Rates? (June 1, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2089468Abstract:"Strong statements about the effects of Federal Reserve actions on interest rates are common in the media and amon… more »
06/23/12
10:00:45 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 86 words
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
Would you have expected the the US is much better off regarding Debt/GDP than many European states? The US, as compared to European Union States, has the advantage that they have their own central bank.Source: RitholtzThere are more and more… more »
06/20/12
11:42:29 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 118 words
Categories: Performance Measurement, Market Characteristics
Chung, Ji-Woong, Performance Persistence in Private Equity Funds (March 1, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1686112 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1686112
Abstract:
"Performance persistence in the private equity industr… more »
06/18/12
06:37:55 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 210 words
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
Interesting reflections of two Johns Hopkins scholars on Europe, tackling bank runs, austerity, productivity, short term liquidity measures, Role of ECB etc.
Bob Barbera and Jonathan Wright (Johns Hopkins University) on options for Europe
They tack… more »
06/17/12
Warren Buffett: Cash is going to become less over time, good businesses are going to become worth more over timeKeywords: Warren Buffett, Cash, Good Businesses, Value Investment more »
Checklistinvestor: Common Traits of Successful Investors
Measure your Results and Document your Decisions
Remove Emotion from the Investing Decision
Spend Time Doing Research
Long Term View
Keywords: Successful Investing, Investor's Charac… more »
06/11/12
06:34:00 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 435 words
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
George Soros gives an explanation of the development of the spread between Spanish and German borrowing costs (red line) as well as Italian and German borrowing costs (blue line), going back to 1980. more »
06/09/12
FINANZPLATZ SCHWEIZ
Volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung und Wechselwirkungen mit dem Werkplatz; Eine Analyse im Auftrag
der Schweizerischen Bankiervereinigung und economiesuisse, März 2011 more »
06/08/12
06:39:48 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 33 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends
El-Erian, CEO Pimco, interpretes the last Bernanke appearance before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress:
CNBC: What Bernanke Is Trying to Tell the Markets: El-Erian, June 7, 2012
Keywords: Monetary Policy, Economic Conditions, Fiscal Policy more »
06/07/12
Keywords: Swiss High Tech, Measuring more »
Interesting letter. Pointing out the importance of differentiation:
Winston-Salem Journal: Warren Buffett's letter to editors, publishers, May 23, 2012
Here is an excerpt:
..."We must rethink the industry's initial response to the Internet. The… more »
AllAboutAlpha: The Wisdom of Crowds: From Livestock to Lehman, June 5, 2012
can individual traders harness the wisdom of crowds and avoid the pitfalls of group think?
read more here
Keywords: Wisdom of Crowds, Group Think more »
06/06/12
09:31:11 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 13 words
Categories: Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation
Forbes: The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives, Feb. 2012
Keywords: Management Style, Leadership more »
06/05/12
Keywords: Europe, European History more »
06/03/12
Andrea Frazzini, Owen A. Lamont, Dumb Money: Mutual Funds Flows and The Cross-Section of Stock Returns, Working Paper 11526, NBER, July 2005
Abstract:
"We use mutual fund flows as a measure for individual investor sentiment for different stocks, an… more »
08:50:36 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 5 words
Categories: Deals, Various Market Info, Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation, Market Characteristics
Keywords: Private Equity, Venture Capital more »
06/02/12
09:41:06 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 106 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Europe, Economics Global
Kenneth Rogoff, in a new column on Project Syndicate asks whether Keynesians or people who favor austerity are naïve. He does not see a black and white answer:
"But who is being naïve? It is quite right to argue that governments should aim only to bal… more »
Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty, by Murray N. Rothbard
The Conservative has long been marked, whether he knows it or not, by long-run pessimism: by the belief that the long-run trend, and therefore Time itself, is against him, and hence th… more »
06/01/12
Ireland's Property Market - How did it come to this? And where to next? by Ronan lyons View another webinar from dubcilib Keywords: Ireland, Ireland's Property Market more »
Keywords: Europe, European Financial Crisis more »
Reuters: Mr. Biden, here’s the truth about private equity, by Suzy and Jack Welch, May 30, 2012
Hello, indeed, and with all due respect to the vice-president, and certainly with no offense intended toward plumbers, we have a question.
Mr. Vice-Pres… more »
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