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

mahar — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:31:18 -0400

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 dail read more »

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

mahar — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:34:09 -0400

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. read more »

Lessons From Japan in Stemming a Crisis - NYTimes.com

mahar — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:39:00 -0500

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. read more »

Moody's warns nations to cut spending or risk AAA ratings - washingtonpost.com

mahar — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:03:41 -0400

Moody's warns nations to cut spending or risk AAA ratings - washingtonpost.com: "...Moody's said that debt levels in the four large credit-worthy economies had reached the point at which they are read more »

The Evolution Of ETFs

mahar — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:52:00 -0400

The Evolution Of ETFs: "...one of the more recent financial inventions has left an indelible impact on the market and created a world of opportunity for retail investors at the same times. We're talking about the advent and the evolution of the exchange-traded fund (ETF).... Most industry followers
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Lehman Brothers Hid Borrowing, Examiner Says - NYTimes.com

mahar — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:23 -0500

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeLehman Brothers Hid Borrowing, Examiner Says - NYTimes.com: "According to the report, Lehman used what amounted to financial engineering to temporarily shuffle $5 read more »

SSRN-Choices About Competition: Differences by Gender and Hormonal Fluctuations, and the Role of Relative Performance Feedback b

mahar — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:31:10 -0500

There is a fairly large disagreement on the degree of differences in investments and other financial decisions based on risk. Many of the earlier studies showing females are more risk averse and less competitive are being brought into question when newer studies control for income, or life expectanc
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Entrepreneurship by music

mahar — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:17:01 -0500

Ok, so Entrepreneurship is not strictly speaking finance. It is close enough to include this since the song is so good (yeah I think that is a blogging rule somewhere).HT to Phil of Adventure Capitalist
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Real World Evidence for the Laffer Curve from the Government of Washington, DC | Cato @ Liberty

mahar — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:57:02 -0500

From the Cato Institute: Real World Evidence for the Laffer Curve from the Government of Washington, DC | Cato @ Liberty: "...the Laffer Curve simply reveals that higher tax rates will lead to less taxable income (or that lower tax rates will lead to more taxable income) and that it is an empirical
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AIG to sell Alico unit to MetLife for $15.5 billion - Mar. 8, 2010

mahar — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:35:21 -0500

AIG to sell Alico unit to MetLife for $15.5 billion - Mar. 8, 2010: "AIG agreed Monday to sell its American Life Insurance Co. unit to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion in cash and stock, in beleaguered AIG's second sale of an international unit in a week.AIG said it will sell the unit, known as Alico,
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