News Analysis

etfs

The Pros and Cons of Buying Buyback ETFs

25/06/2014(0)
Companies splurged on share buybacks in 2014’s first quarter, and investors splurged on buyback funds. The amount companies spent buying back their own shares jumped 59 percent compared to ... Read More
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Don’t Shortchange Short Sellers

24/06/2014(0)
More finance journalists and industry people should go to academic conferences. There is a lot of good stuff to learn. Case in point: I recently attended the Western Finance ... Read More
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The Case of the Missing White-Collar Criminal

23/06/2014(0)
The senior executives who played leading roles in the 2008 financial crisis can breathe a sigh of relief: If any committed crimes, the statute of limitations will run out ... Read More
emerging-markets

Emerging Markets: What Has Changed

20/06/2014(0)
1) Russia continues to liberalize the currency and move to an inflation targeting regime 2) Political risk is rising in Poland 3) South Africa came under renewed rating downgrade ... Read More
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Post-Crash Economics

19/06/2014(0)
In last month’s European Parliament election, euroskeptic and extremist parties won 25% of the popular vote, with the biggest gains chalked up in France, the United Kingdom, and Greece. ... Read More
wall st

There Might Be a Lot of Insider Trading

18/06/2014(0)
As I may have mentioned over and over and over and over and over again, the first rule of insider trading is just don’t insider trade, but the second ... Read More
euro

European companies continue to be impacted by the sovereign debt crisis

16/06/2014(0)
Despite signs of improving stability in the European economy, strong headwinds from the sovereign debt crisis continue to impact corporate defaults. The sovereign debt crisis affecting much of Europe ... Read More
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The Secret to Southwest’s Success

13/06/2014(0)
Every time I fly Southwest Airlines I come away impressed by what they do and how they do it. You don’t have to be a management guru to understand ... Read More
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Levine on Wall Street: Revenue Models

12/06/2014(0)
Is Uber’s valuation reasonable? Aswath Damodaran thinks no, Andrew Ross Sorkin thinks yes, but two data points from Henry Blodget that may or may not be true are that ... Read More
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Slow Your Judgments on Fast Trading

11/06/2014(0)
In a recent pair of articles, hedge-fund magnate Cliff Asness defended high-frequency trading against most of the attacks that have been leveled against it. Asness is known for his ... Read More
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