Posts Tagged ‘economy’
hmmm. i guess it pays if the secretary of the treasury is a former investment banker. well besides this, i think if tax payers are bailing out these large organizations then we (as tax payers and the people in power should be just our extended arm) should be able to ask for a bit more [...]
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Tags: bush, compliance, economy, fed, regulations, republicans
the wall street journal has an interesting interview with edward thorp and bill gross in its weekend edition. they talk about how to beat the casino in black jack and how investors can use those learnings to make sound investment decisions — i guess it seems some people didn’t get that message. the advice thorp gives investors [...]
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Tags: economy, hedge funds, stock market, wall street journal
i guess despite all of it in german you get the drift (picture below is from german daily faz. what a day!
on the one side i wish the fed would not have bailed out bear stearns and shown the same kind of toughness they show towards all of the low to medium income people who find [...]
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Tags: bear stearns, dollar, economy, euro, fed, stock market
i stumbled across this market watch story on the threat that financial instruments like derivatives could pose for the global economy, especially the financial markets. the article starts with a quote from a berkshire capital letter to shareholders:
“We try to be alert to any sort of mega-catastrophe risk, and that posture may make us unduly appreciative about [...]
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Tags: derivatives, economy, financial markets, sub prime, warren buffett
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