Republican Party Defeated: In Defence of the Tea Party
How can the Tea Party have the economics right when even some in the business community seem to be displeased with how the Tea Party dealt with the debt ceiling and how it tarnished the Republican...
View ArticleEconomic reports this week
Economic reports this week (via Futures Magazine) By Toni Hansen October 18, 2013 • Reprints Economic Reports and Events This Week U.S. Domestic:Eastern Time Zone (GMT -5:00) (New York, Toronto) Oct...
View ArticleUnderstanding Behavioural Biases in Finance & Investing: E-Book
Nice new e-book on behavioral finance/value investing from safalniveshak.com, below is a brief excerpt and link to the full e-book. Behavioural Economics and Behavioural Finance are deep and vast...
View ArticleAre Bubbles Caused by Psychological Issues?
According to the popular way of thinking, bubbles are an important cause of economic recessions. The main question posed by experts is how one knows when a bubble is forming. It is held that if the...
View ArticleFama, Hansen, Shiller Nobel Economics Presentation [12/8/13]
Streamed on Dec 8, 2013 Two pillars of asset pricing Eugene F. Fama, University of Chicago, IL, USA; Uncertainty outside and inside economic models; Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago, IL, USA;...
View ArticleHottest Links: The Circle Of Competence, Investment Alchemy, Bitcoin
Hottest links for Thursday, 12th December, the late edition (see Wednesday’s edition of hottest links). Get our free daily newsletter (which HAS BEEN RECENTLY UPDATED) and never miss a single linkfest....
View ArticleHerbalife (HLF): All Roads Lead To Profit, Says Ramey
D.A. Davidson & Co. analyst Timothy S. Ramey maintains a Buy ratings for Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF). Below is his latest research note on the company. We appreciate Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF)’s...
View ArticleWhat Will 2014 Bring? Technology, Economic, and Political Predictions
The holidays have come and gone and 2014 has been ushered in. With the start of the New Year, it’s fair to speculate what the biggest developments in economic, political, and technological news will...
View ArticleWhy Amateurs Should Invest in Common Stocks: Buffett Explains
There is a benefit to investing directly in common stocks as an individual. I’ll let Buffett help me explain this: “I am a better investor because I am a businessman and I am a better businessman...
View ArticleVirtual Wealth Versus Real Wealth
The rich are getting richer. According to the last Bloomberg list, the fortune of the 300 wealthiest people in the world increased by $524 billion in 2013, reaching a total of $3.7 trillion, while Bill...
View Article“The Week” By Jeffrey Saut
“The Week” by Jeffrey Saut January 21, 2014 Arguably, the best magazine of recent times has been The Week, a publication that embraces magazine journalism in its most functional style. The Week is...
View ArticleSteve Keen Building Computer To Simulate Money Flows In Banking System
The financial crisis that ran from 2007 to 2009 has been called a “Minsky Moment,” meaning it offered a much-needed reminder to all economists of Hyman Minsky’s neglected dictum that “capitalism is...
View ArticlePaul Krugman: Are we witnessing the start of a new global financial crisis?
Paul Krugman: Are we witnessing the start of a new global financial crisis? The post Paul Krugman: Are we witnessing the start of a new global financial crisis? appeared first on ValueWalk.
View ArticleBill Gross: PIMCO strategy based explicitly on timing the Market
PIMCO co-CIO Bill Gross discusses why he praised Jack Bogle’s investment philosophy The post Bill Gross: PIMCO strategy based explicitly on timing the Market appeared first on ValueWalk.
View ArticleThe Economic Singularity – John Mauldin
The Economic Singularity Millennium Wave Advisors By John Mauldin February 15, 2014 The 2014 Strategic Investment Conference: Investing in a Transformational World Stuck in a Liquidity Trap The...
View ArticleRobert Shiller On Academia’s Obsession With EMT [PREVIEW]
Beginning tomorrow, Friday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m. on public television (check local listings**) and on wealthtrack.com, Consuelo Mack WealthTrack features an in-depth interview with “Financial...
View ArticleGeorge Soros And The Human Uncertainty Principle
George Soros explains in a recent academic paper why the efficient market hypothesis must give way to human fallibilityThe division between academic economics and the way traders look at the market is...
View ArticleStiglitz, Frenkel, Hubbard On Why Its So Hard To Predict The Future
Published on Feb 11, 2014 When professional stock analysts can’t predict the market — and when monkeys throwing darts at a newspaper pick as many winners as seasoned portfolio managers — who, if...
View ArticleGuild Investment’s Premium Global Market Commentary
Guild Investment Management, Inc. present a global market commentary. We note two important themes of which investors should be aware. First is the likely future impact of the Affordable Care Act...
View ArticleThe Problem with Keynesianism – John Mauldin
The Problem with Keynesianism By John Mauldin March 9, 2014 Why Is Economic Theory Important? The Problem with Keynesianism Surprise: You Can’t Spend More Than You Make Argentina, South Africa, Europe,...
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