SEC sues over Heinz option trading before buyout - Yahoo! Finance
SEC sues over Heinz option trading before buyout - Yahoo! Finance:
"The suit, in federal court in Manhattan, cites "highly suspicious trading" in Heinz call options just prior to the February 14 announcement of the deal. The regulator has frequently in past filed suit against unnamed individuals where it has evidence of wrongdoing, but is still trying to uncover the identities of those involved
Warren Buffett and Heinz: Why He Made the Investment | TIME.com
Warren Buffett and Heinz: Why He Made the Investment | TIME.com:
"As market watchers know, he’s considered a value investor—someone who buys companies when they’re cheap—which is a strategy he learned from his Columbia Business School professor Benjamin Graham, author of the geeky classic The Intelligent Investor. He’s also partial to the market’s plain vanilla: low-risk companies with
"As market watchers know, he’s considered a value investor—someone who buys companies when they’re cheap—which is a strategy he learned from his Columbia Business School professor Benjamin Graham, author of the geeky classic The Intelligent Investor. He’s also partial to the market’s plain vanilla: low-risk companies with
Analysis: Accounting risk clouds big U.S. business bets in China - Yahoo! Finance
Analysis: Accounting risk clouds big U.S. business bets in China - Yahoo! Finance:
"Concern is growing about risks to U.S.-based multinationals in a country where American audit regulators are locked out by the Chinese government and bribery and fraud are routine.....On January 18, Caterpillar disclosed "deliberate, multi-year, coordinated accounting misconduct" at the Siwei unit of ERA Mining
"Concern is growing about risks to U.S.-based multinationals in a country where American audit regulators are locked out by the Chinese government and bribery and fraud are routine.....On January 18, Caterpillar disclosed "deliberate, multi-year, coordinated accounting misconduct" at the Siwei unit of ERA Mining
Don't Make Poison Pills More Deadly - NYTimes.com
Don't Make Poison Pills More Deadly - NYTimes.com:
"Poison pills were developed in the 1980s to enable insiders to block a hostile acquisition. Over time, however — and without sufficient attention by investors and public officials — companies have started to use poison pills to prevent acquisitions of stakes that fall substantially short of a controlling block.
Indeed, among the 637 companies
Sucker Alert? Insider Selling Surges After Dow 14,000 - Yahoo Finance
Sucker Alert? Insider Selling Surges After Dow 14,000 - Yahoo Finance:
"Insiders are waving the cautionary flag in an increasingly aggressive manner."
There have been more than nine insider sales for every one buy over the past week among NYSE stocks, according to Vickers. The last time executives sold their company's stock this aggressively was in early 2012, just before the S&P 500 (^GSPC)
U.S. Accuses S.&P. of Fraud in Suit on Loan Bundles - NYTimes.com
This took longer than expected.
U.S. Accuses S.&P. of Fraud in Suit on Loan Bundles - NYTimes.com:
"The Justice Department filed civil fraud charges late on Monday against the nation’s largest credit-ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, accusing the firm of inflating the ratings of mortgage investments
From September 2004 through October 2007, S.&P. “knowingly and with the intent to defraud,
aiCIO - A Neurology Lesson for Money Managers
Chief Investment Officer-CIO - A Neurology Lesson for Money Managers:
Nice short list (8 points) on how neuroeconomics effects money managers from Paul Zak.
"The crossover applications between neurology and economics don’t end there. In fact, an entire discipline has sprung up in their midst: neuroeconomics. Two leaders in this field have teamed up and crafted a list of the eight crucial
Why You Shouldn't Think Of The S&P 500 As A Diversified Basket Of 500 Companies - Seeking Alpha
Why You Shouldn't Think Of The S&P 500 As A Diversified Basket Of 500 Companies - Seeking Alpha:
The S&P, like most indexes, is a market-weighted index. So the larger the stock, the more the influence. This is demonstrated in this article from Seeking Alpha:
Two look-ins:
"...the top five holdings of the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO). They are Apple (AAPL), Exxon (XOM), General Electric (GE),
Hedge funds disappoint -- again - CBS News
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Hedge funds disappoint -- again - CBS News:
While this says nothing about the hedge aspects (may be a good low correlation investment), it does suggest that at Hedge funds are not the be all and end all that some suggest.
"Over the past five years, the S&P 500 returned 1.7 percent per year, producing a cumulative return of 8.6 percent, while the
Which Volatility Hedged ETF Should You Consider? - Zacks.com
Which Volatility Hedged ETF Should You Consider? - Zacks.com
A must for SIMM class where we just mentioned this in class:
"The tail risk hedge takes care of extreme market volatility which can potentially result in a crash. Therefore these events are considered to be outliers which normally do not fall within three standard deviations of the average of the implied volatility.
The
Are women better investors?
Female hedge fund managers outperformed male managers in 2012
"Meredith Jones, director at Rothstein Kass and the author of the
report, believes there are two primary factors at play in the
exceptional performance of women in alternative investments.
Women tend to be more risk-averse than men. “Women may be better
equipped to position a portfolio to handle market volatility which we
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