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Assorted Links (1/20/2010)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Finance

Restoring Faith in Financial Markets, by John C. Bogle

“It is time institutional investors exerted control over publicly held companies.”

Financial Crisis and Public Policy

Obama’s Double-Dealing Bank Tax, by Holman Jenkins

“…it’s a formula for turning the banks into what Fannie and Freddie have [...]

20 January 2010 at 11:57 - Comments

Assorted Links (1/11/2010)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Finance

Tiger Woods and Market-Moving Events, by Carl Bialik

Financial Crisis and Public Policy

The Fed and the Crisis: A Reply to Ben Bernanke, by John Taylor

“In his recent speech, the Fed chairman denied that too-low interest rates were responsible. Does this mean we’re [...]

11 January 2010 at 12:42 - Comments

Assorted Links (12/30/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Culture

The Miser versus the Entrepreneur, by Jay Richards

“Why is Ayn Rand so popular today?”

Economics

Happy 99th Birthday, Ronald Coase, by Steve Landsburg Keynes vs. Hayek: Late Economists’ Hip-Hop Legacy

Finance

Two Decades Later: Nikkei and Lessons from the Fall, by Vaclav Smil

“Twenty years ago this [...]

30 December 2009 at 16:25 - Comments

A Finance Retrospective of the 2000’s

Investors Hope the ’10s Beat the ’00s, by Tom Lauricella

“Since End of 1999, U.S. Stocks’ Performance Has Been the All-Time Clunker; Even 1930s Beat It”.

Adjusted for Inflation, Dow’s Gains Are Puny, by E. S. Browning

“Many investors realize that stocks have been among the worst investments of the past decade. But they may not realize quite [...]

29 December 2009 at 19:01 - Comments

Assorted Links (12/8/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Economics and Public Policy

An Empire at Risk, by Niall Ferguson

“We won the cold war and weathered 9/11. But now economic weakness is endangering our global power.”

Finance

Fama Lecture: Masters of Finance

“From the American Finance Association’s “Masters in Finance” video series, Eugene F. [...]

8 December 2009 at 14:15 - Comments

Assorted Links (11/9/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Economics

Unintended Consequences, by Greg Mankiw

Finance

Does Your Optimizer Need a Tune-Up?, by Gene Fama and Ken French

“The realized equity premium for U.S. stocks relative to long-term government bonds has been negative for the 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25-year periods ending in [...]

9 November 2009 at 11:41 - Comments

Assorted Links (11/4/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today, accompanied in some cases with some of my own commentary (organized by topic): The Economy

In the Battle for Stimulus Jobs, Shoe Store Owner Tells War Story, by Louise Radnofsky

Here’s a practical, step-by-step guide to “creating or saving” 9 jobs for only $889! Thanks to Greg Mankiw for the [...]

4 November 2009 at 12:58 - Comments

Assorted Links (10/31/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Finance and the Financial Crisis

Efficient Market Theory and the Crisis, by Jeremy Siegel

“Neither the rating agencies’ mistakes nor the overleveraging by financial firms was the fault of an academic hypothesis.”

Foreign Policy

The Tenacity Question, by David Brooks

“Military experts say that President Obama [...]

31 October 2009 at 08:53 - Comments

Assorted Links (10/26/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Behavioral Economics

Lessons from an Ad Man

Rory Sutherland wows a TED conference audience with a compelling and highly entertaining sixteen minute talk on advertising and aspects of behavioral economics.  I particularly enjoyed the “market research” segment toward the end of the video on [...]

26 October 2009 at 09:51 - Comments

Executive Compensation Debate

I would like to call everyone’s attention to a formal online debate concerning executive compensation which began on Tuesday, October 20 and is scheduled to conclude on October 30th.  Later in the semester, we’ll discuss how to structure compensation to align incentives between owners and managers of firms.  However, this debate, which is sponsored by The Economist, addresses [...]

23 October 2009 at 00:53 - Comments