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8 January 2014

Introspection Can Improve Your Investing

By A. Michael Lipper, CFA
A. Michael Lipper, CFA

The holiday season and the turn of the calendar year can create an opportunity for introspection as to how you invest. While one should be just as introspective about wins, it is too difficult for most to separate brilliance and … Read more

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8 January 2014

Linkfest: JPMorgan and Madoff; Bond market ripoffs; SAC in prime time

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Today’s most shared: How JPMorgan shorted Madoff, and other followups… Feds probe OTC bond markets – where does puffery become fraud, balance sheet misstatement? … SAC’s primetime moment … Spain needs to borrow big this year… Emerging markets submerge… Low … Read more

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7 January 2014

Linkfest: $31b in fines don’t faze JPMorgan; Hot CEOs get hot share prices; Sleeper ideas; Psychos in finance

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Today’s most shared: $31b in fines just chump change to JPMorgan… Berkshire Hathaway as a consumer brand… Puerto Rico exodus… Hot CEOs get hot share prices… Sleeper ideas for 2014… In the future, everyone will have their own cryptocurrency… Casino … Read more

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7 January 2014

Bitcoin is the Linux of payments. And its killer apps will be for US dollars.

By Druce Vertes, CFA

I was scanning the news the other day, and someone on Hacker News mentioned that half the items above the fold on StreetEYE were about Bitcoin. And I said to myself, I haven’t seen the neckbeards this excited since the … Read more

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6 January 2014

Linkfest: ‘Wolves of Wall Street’ – exception or chronic problem? Yields rise, worsen fiscal pictures; Bernanke’s farewell

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Today’s most shared: Is the “Wolf of Wall Street” emblematic of Wall Street greed, or just some scammers from Long Island who used Wall Street as a cover? … Rising bond yields will cost government treasuries around the world… Summers … Read more

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3 January 2014

Linkfest: How Cohen avoided jail; Soros on political challenges; Bill Gross’s tough year

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Today’s most shared: Why Steven Cohen isn’t in jail… Soros: Strong US, weak Europe, China a huge question mark, political challenges dominate… Gross’s annus horribilis… Financial repression… China’s liquidity crisis, and chronic issues… Greatest worries… best tweets of 2013. Why … Read more

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2 January 2014

Linkfest: Central Asian bank drama; Big spenders go shopping; Investors who scored big; Buffett’s miss

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Today’s most shared: Happy New Year! Is Mukhtar Abylazov a thief or a hero? … High end buyers return … Big winners of 2013 … Biggest surprises of the last 25 years… Buffett fails to beat S&P for last 5 … Read more

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31 December 2013

Linkfest: 2013, a risk-takers’ ball; What we learned, and read; Questions for 2014

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Today’s most shared: For our final 2013 linkfest, a look back at a year of risk-on… Stocks beat bonds by the largest margin on record… housing in 10 major markets returned to all-time highs… Private equity shops are cashing out … Read more

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27 December 2013

Linkfest: Turkey crisis; Dodging taxes in Dakota; New ‘facts’ of finance; Dating the crisis turnaround

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Today’s most shared: Turkey turmoil… Dodging taxes in Dakota… Dating when the crisis turned around – late 2011… Bullishness jumps… Sell side’s worst rated stocks outperformed best in 2013… Tech’s lost year… Treasury yield hits 3%… End of unemployment insurance … Read more

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26 December 2013

Linkfest: Credit rating agencies mixed ratings, profits; How Wall Street wins over DC; Japan’s new high

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Today’s most shared: Credit rating agencies violated their own rules, mingled business and analysis, SEC says… Bart Chilton on how Wall Street steamrolls attempts to regulate it… Japan hits new high… China pre-announces GDP growth (the ‘Department Of Made-up Numbers’ … Read more

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