The daily Linkfest is moving! As part of the evolution of CFA institute blogs, after 400-odd posts, this will be the last daily linkfest published on Inside Investing. Many thanks to the CFA Institute for hosting this mad science experiment … Read more
Leave a CommentThe Linkfest is moving! After 400-odd posts, the daily linkfest will be moving to StreetEYE.com. If you wish to continue receiving a daily email roundup of the stories shared by the most influential social media curators of investment news, please … Read more
Leave a CommentToday’s most shared: The hidden consensus in economics is that the stimulus lifted the economy – just one of the issues which are generally considered settled across the academic spectrum, but open to debate in the political theater of operations. … Read more
Leave a CommentToday’s most shared: The great inflation debate: Hawks have been wrong before; Krugman says Fed should keep waiting until it sees the whites of the enemy’s eyes, or longer; What sticky prices are saying. China’s financial risk keeps growing. Euro … Read more
Leave a CommentToday’s most shared: Median household wealth declines, even as total wealth rises, a sign of increasing inequality. Investors and analysts pick the most important charts. Bear Stearns’s rise and fall, and the late Ace Greenberg. Argentina default looms. Russia ordered … Read more
Leave a CommentToday’s most shared: US judge in Argentina case creates a gigantic muddle. Apparently it will be a lot harder to negotiate future sovereign debt restructurings in good faith. Wherever there’s a loophole, a bank or hedge fund will find a … Read more
Leave a CommentToday’s most shared: Public pension funds pull back on hedge fund experiments after meager returns. Europe weighs ‘far-reaching’ sanctions on Russia. But cutting back on purchases of Russian gas and commodities does not appear to be one of them. Despite … Read more
Leave a CommentToday’s most shared: Ackman’s “death blow” against Herbalife underwhelms, stock rises after teary finale to 200-slide Powerpoint presentation. Trees don’t grow to the sky, and North Dakota oil growth is unprecedented, and unsustainable. Executive pay doesn’t show much correlation with … Read more
Leave a CommentToday’s most shared: Inflation fails to rear its head. Senate inquiry says hedge funds and HFTs dodged taxes by claiming fast trades were done within a basket structure that turned short-term trading profits into long-term gains; Renaissance alone accused of … Read more
Leave a CommentToday’s most shared: Lending money to people who can’t afford to repay is still profitable for some. Hedge funds gather record assets, deliver puny returns in 2014. Russian oligarchs fear financial fallout if West-integrated economy turns into a pariah, but … Read more
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