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4 December 2012

Will Argentina Default? It Hangs On a Judge in New York City

By Santiago Padua, CFA
Judge

Editor’s Note: The complicated story of Argentina’s national debt has some of the character of a spy novel. There is a secretive hedge fund, political unrest, and a court ruling that could cause a default. What’s really working here? We … Read more

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4 December 2012

Linkfest: Banks Rediscover Asset Management; Gross’s 4 Headwinds

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by your votes and social media shares – pick your favorite stories here. 1. Banks Rediscover Money Management as Trading Declines Bloomberg shared by @Alea_, @LaurenLaCapra, NYT Dealbook, Here Is The City, Crossing Wall Street

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3 December 2012

Central American Real Estate: Should You Be Investing?

By Marcelo Suarez Castillo, CFA

Real Estate Boom The Central American economy grew last year at an average rate of 4.1%, and its capital markets advanced toward greater integration with the rest of the world. As a result, Central American real estate is experiencing a … Read more

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3 December 2012

Linkfest: Spain Seeks Bailout; Greece Launches Buy-Back; SAC

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by your votes and social media shares – pick your favorite stories here. 1. Spain makes formal request for EU bank aid Reuters shared by @jmackin2, @ChrisAdamsMKTS, @YanniKouts, @moorehn, @OpenEurope  2. Greece announces debt buyback … Read more

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30 November 2012

Linkfest: Agony of the long-duration bond manager; Eurozone troubles

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by your votes and social media shares – pick your favorite stories here. 1. Bond Investor Gundlach Buys Stocks, Sees ‘Kaboom’ Ahead Bloomberg 2. Special Report: Greeks rage against pension calamity Reuters 3. Barclays investment bank … Read more

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29 November 2012

Linkfest: Fiscal framework; Investors upbeat on economy

By Druce Vertes, CFA

1. Inside the talks: Fiscal framework emerges Politico 2. World Economy in Best Shape Since 2011: Investor Poll Bloomberg 3. Lakshman Achuthan Defends Recession Call Business Insider 4. U.S. Q3 GDP revised up to 2.7% from 2.0% MarketWatch 5. Is … Read more

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28 November 2012

Linkfest: Greece Bailout Moves Forward

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by your votes and social media shares – pick your favorite stories here. 1. Euro zone central banks may roll over their Greek bonds: document Reuters

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28 November 2012

International Investments: Is There a Discrepancy between the Economic Growth Rate and Equity Returns?

By Gregg S. Fisher, CFA

Conventional wisdom holds that if a global stock investor is able to identify which countries’ economies will grow briskly and which will lag, he has conquered half of the investment battle. Economic growth should translate into higher corporate earnings per … Read more

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27 November 2012

Is New York City Real Estate in Recovery?

By Robert Stammers, CFA

We have been hearing about a recovery in real estate markets for some time, so we arranged to speak with someone on the front lines of the real estate recovery about what’s happening specifically in New York City, one of … Read more

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21 November 2012

Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Both Moving in the Wrong Direction?

By David Schawel, CFA
Us Capitol

On a day when it appeared Congress was closer to bridging the divide on the fiscal cliff, the minutes came out from the Federal Reserve’s 23–24 October policy meeting indicating that the Federal Open Market Committee would most likely announce … Read more

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