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Assessing The Cost Of Prevention
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Susan Mangiero
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015 4:45 PM EDT
One snow storm may not destroy enterprise value but a dramatic contraction in credit availability, a spike in commodity prices or any other type of seismic market shift could be ruinous.
Inverted Balance Sheets And Doubling The Financial Bet
Article By:
Michael Pettis
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Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:01 PM EDT
The Chinese economy is clearly slowing, and debt is clearly rising. There is increasing evidence of highly inverted balance sheet structures within the Chinese economy.
Future Unicorns
Article By:
Sramana Mitra
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Friday, January 16, 2015 1:52 PM EDT
As I think about where future unicorns (companies valued at $1 billion or more) are likely to be, what trends present the characteristics of opportunities that can scale to that extent, I have a few observations.
Book Bits: 4 January, 2015
Article By:
James Picerno
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Sunday, January 4, 2015 7:05 AM EDT
Several U.S. and gloabal economic, investing book reviews
An Interview With Saul Singer, Co-Author Of The Book ‘Startup Nation’ And One Of Israel’s Greatest Thinkers
Article By:
Hillel Fuld
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Thursday, December 25, 2014 10:45 AM EDT
There is a reason why every country wants more startups — they know that that’s their best shot at producing the next Google or Facebook.
Book Review: The Mystery Of The Invisible Hand
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Bankers Anonymous
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Monday, December 22, 2014 6:12 AM EDT
Marshall Jevons is the pseudonym of economics professors Kenneth Elzinga of the University of Virginia and the late Trinity University economics professor William Breit.
My Holiday Book Recommendations, December 2014
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Nomi Prins
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Friday, December 12, 2014 4:40 PM EDT
Here are some of my picks for 2014's thought-provoking books from a political, financial, economic and environmental standpoint.
Entrepreneurship And Its Discontents
Article By:
Bankers Anonymous
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014 4:43 AM EDT
Entrepreneurship requires ignorance. Entrepreneurship induces anxiety and insomnia. It attracts terrible students. Entrepreneurs are people who are clearly running away from something.
Book Review: Bad Paper
Article By:
David Merkel
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 AM EDT
The book follows around debt collectors and those associated with them, a colorful bunch, who see their opportunities flow and ebb as the financial crisis first produces a lot of bad debts to work on.
Unlearning Monetary Policy’s History Lessons
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James Picerno
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Monday, November 10, 2014 11:15 AM EDT
The hands-off policy of macro management in the early twenties looks like a precursor for the 1930s, which is to say that the Fed made the same mistakes, albeit with far more painful consequences.
The Four Filters Invention Of Warren Buffett And Charlie Munger - Book Excerpt
Article By:
Bud Labitan
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Monday, November 10, 2014 11:00 AM EDT
How do we improve and optimize our investing decision making? This was the goal of the first edition of this book. Now, about 5 years later, this journey continues with more insights and examples.
Would You Like To Understand High Frequency Trading?
Article By:
Bankers Anonymous
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Friday, October 31, 2014 3:30 AM EDT
The highly unusual part about this book is that high frequency trading up until now has basically been like Fight Club, in so far as the first rule of high frequency trading is that nobody talks about high frequency trading.
Book Review: Berkshire Beyond Buffett
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David Merkel
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 7:27 AM EDT
It’s time to change what Warren Buffett supposedly said about his mentors: “I’m 85% Ben Graham, and 15% Phil Fisher.”
In this article: BRK-B
Book Bits - 25 October 2014
Article By:
James Picerno
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 5:11 PM EDT
James Picerno shares a bit about the latest books on his must read list.
Goodbye War On Drugs, Hello Libertarian Utopia. Dominic Frisby’s Bitcoin: The Future Of Money?
Article By:
John Rubino
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:35 AM EDT
Now that bitcoin has subsided from speculative bubble to functioning currency, it’s safe for non-speculators to explore the whole “cryptocurrency” thing.
In this article: BITCOMP
Michael Lewis Still Says It Better Than Anyone
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Bankers Anonymous
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Saturday, September 27, 2014 3:03 PM EDT
Michael Lewis wins the best essay trophy once again. Like clockwork. It’s so unfair.