Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: FASB’s Tort Bar Gift – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “The Wall Street Journal editorial board on the accounting group’s proposal to require companies disclose the potential costs of litigation.” Alex Epstein: Obama Follows Nixon on Oil Spill – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “In The Wall Street Journal, …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don’t Even Know It: Laurence Kotlikoff www.bloomberg.com Great read – hat tip to (my former student) Jason Gould: “Let’s get real. The U.S. is bankrupt. Neither spending more nor taxing less will help the country pay its bills.” Timothy …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: How Companies Track Corporate Reputation – The Numbers Guy – WSJ blogs.wsj.com “How polling firms and other companies track corporate reputation, from monitoring social networks to surveying thousands of people daily.” Medicare Actuary Questions Obamacare Savings | Foxnews.com politics.blogs.foxnews.com “The actuaries at Medicare are …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Nature or nurture: What determines investor behavior www.sciencedirect.com Here’s the abstract from this fascinating article: “Using data on identical and fraternal twins’ complete financial portfolios, we decompose the cross-sectional variation in investor behavior. We find that a genetic factor explains about one-third of the …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Hurricane Neal: Cat. 5 – Barrons.com online.barrons.com “Rep. Richard Neal’s bill has foreign insurance companies worried.” ‘Dilbert’ Cartoonist Puts His Money Into ETFs – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “Scott Adams uses his ‘Dilbert’ strip to mock actively managed funds and their managers.” Connecticut Probing Pricing of …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Dipping and Deflating — The American, A Magazine of Ideas www.american.com “A double-dip recession now appears all too probable, likely tipping the U.S. economy into deflation.” SEC Says New FinReg Law Exempts It From Public Disclosure www.foxbusiness.com “Under a little-noticed provision of the recently …
Paul Berman: What You Can’t Say About Islamism – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “In the Wall Street Journal, Paul Berman writes that American intellectuals won’t face up to Muslim radicalism’s Nazi past.” The Case of Apple and the Mysterious Bars – The Numbers Guy – WSJ blogs.wsj.com “Apple’s announcement that its formula for calculating signal bars to …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Allan Meltzer: Why Obamanomics Has Failed – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “In The Wall Street Journal, Carnegie Mellon University economist Allan H. Meltzer says the Obama administration’s policies have introduced uncertainty about future taxes and regulations. This inhibits investment and job growth.” If You Have to …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Notable & Quotable – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “Verizon CEO and Business Roundtable Chairman Ivan Seidenberg on government and the economy.” The Keynesian Dead End – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “The Wall Street Journal argues that spending our way to prosperity is going out of style.” Weekend Interview …
According to bloomberg.com, “Proposals in Congress to raise U.S. liability costs to $10 billion to drill for oil in the Gulf could leave just three companies — BP, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc — with the finances to self-insure”. As I recall, prior to the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, liability …
