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A graph of why you should not hold levered ETFs long term

| Thu, 10/29/2009 - 1:31pm | ETF trading, ETFs, exchange-traded funds, FMA conference, Trading ETFs |  2 comments

Do you remember last week when I tweeted from the FMA conference about the luncheon speaker who pointed out the fact that levered ETFs that regularly relever are good at mirroring the market on a daily basis, but in the long term are bad bets since they are short an embedded option on Gamma which m ... Read more

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Book Review: 'This Time Is Different' - WSJ.com

| Fri, 10/09/2009 - 1:34pm |  1 comment

Book Review: 'This Time Is Different' - WSJ.com:I am definitely getting this book! This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff.The WSJ reviews it. Here is the most important part:"19th-century British journalist Walter Bagehot claimed that during ... Read more

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Lessons From Japan in Stemming a Crisis - NYTimes.com

| Tue, 02/17/2009 - 10:39am | bank bailouts, economic precedent, Japanese bailouts, Japanese economy, learning from history, stemming economic crisis |  Add a comment

Lessons From Japan in Stemming a Crisis - NYTimes.com : A reminder from Japan: Don't coddle the banks, act swiftly, and force the banks to write off bad debts. "I thought America had studied Japan’s failures,” said Hirofumi Gomi, a top official at Japan’s Financial Services Agency during ... Read more

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Science Friday Archives: The Science of Decision-Making

| Fri, 11/20/2009 - 4:20pm |  Add a comment

Science Friday Archives: The Science of Decision-Making: "Paper or plastic? Steak or salmon? Stay or go? Every day, we make thousands of decisions, most minor, some major. But how does your brain make the choice? In this hour, we'll take a look at the science of decision making. Can your genes influ ... Read more

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Is It Possible To Invent An Investment Product Too Stupid To Find Buyers?

| Thu, 11/19/2009 - 5:24pm |  1 comment

Is It Possible To Invent An Investment Product Too Stupid To Find Buyers?: "Last Friday, he posted a satirical article called First 100x Leveraged ETFs. It made fun of the trend toward higher leverage among ETF products....he was deluged with emails. Many people got the joke. But a full 65% expresse ... Read more

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Delayed Economic Reform Killed 14.5 Million Children | Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | Cato Institute: Commentary

| Thu, 11/19/2009 - 4:56pm |  Add a comment

Delayed Economic Reform Killed 14.5 Million Children | Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Had reforms started in 1970 rather than 1980, India would have grown faster. In this fast-growth scenario, i assume that per capita income growth in the 1970s would have been what wa ... Read more

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Islamic Finance: Lower Risk, But at What Cost? - BusinessWeek

| Wed, 11/18/2009 - 5:26pm | Muslim banking, Muslim financial institutions, shuria finance |  2 comments

Islamic Finance: Lower Risk, But at What Cost? - BusinessWeek: "Financial products based on 8th-century religious laws may seem an unlikely haven during a global crisis. But Islamic banking and financial services, based on traditional Muslim laws known as Sharia, are enjoying a major resurgence. ... Read more

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SSRN-In Search of Attention by Zhi Da, Joseph Engelberg, Pengjie Gao

| Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:31pm |  Add a comment

From the AFA program:SSRN-In Search of Attention by Zhi Da, Joseph Engelberg, Pengjie Gao: "Abstract: Turnover, extreme returns, news and advertising expense are indirect proxies of investor attention. In contrast, we propose a direct measure of investor demand for attention -- active attention -- ... Read more

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Why China Hates The Carry Trade

| Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:24pm |  Add a comment

I had a student ask about this...Why China Hates The Carry Trade: "A carry trade is when you borrow from a currency with a low interest rate, and then invest in a currency with a higher interest rate. Say the US interest rate is 3%, and the Chinese interest rate is 5%. Borrow at 3%, invest at 5%, ma ... Read more

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Do Stockholders Really Know Best? - News Analysis - NYTimes.com

| Tue, 11/17/2009 - 12:56pm |  Add a comment

Great article by Andrew Ross Sorkin at the NY Times:DealBook Column - Do Stockholders Really Know Best? - News Analysis - NYTimes.com: "British takeover law essentially handcuffs the board of a target company from doing anything to block a deal. No poison pills. No staggered boards. No changing the ... Read more

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