Aswath Damodaran on Facebook’s Valuation
Facebook posts its biggest monthly gain since its IPO in November, Aswath Damodaran, NYU Finance, who teaches value investing talks about the company, which he...
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Maverick, Pershing, Omega, Tudor and Palomino Returns for 2012
According to the latest Hedge Weekly, the top three performers in hedge fund returns until the end of October have been BTG Pactual Distressed Mortgage...
Small Business Confidence Takes a Nosedive
More evidence of the growing disconnect between consumer confidence (still at or near a recovery high) and small business confidence (recently tumbling from a recovery...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) May Have Competition From Lenovo Very Soon
The world technology market has been dominated by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) for these past few years. Apple has enjoyed strong sales and ridiculous profits, riding...
House Prices: Case-Shiller to turn negative month-to-month seasonally in October
I expect the Case-Shiller Composite 20 Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA) index to decline month-to-month in October. This will not be a sign of impending doom...
Modeling the Price Mechanism: Simulation and The Problem of Time
Today’s New York Times article on rapid online repricing by holiday retailers depicts a retail world starting to approach the “flash-trading” status of financial markets:...
Only The Paranoid Survive
You all know my motto: Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. We are at an interesting junction here and...
U.N. vs. The People: Who Should Rule The Internet?
The International Telecommunications (ITU), an agency of the United Nations responsible for ensuring the growth and sustainable development of information and telecommunications network, globally organizes...
“Moneyball” Takes Down Wall Street
"In the US, the average 24-month forecast error for individual stocks is 93%, and the average 12-month forecast error is 47% over the period 2001-2006....
Gigantic Journalistic Investigation into Tax Havens
While Mitt Romney may be fading from view in the wake of his defeat on November 6, the issue of tax havens is definitely not...