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Further reading
FT Alphaville — ... Say No - Apologies from Derivative Dribble, this is going to be a three part article - This is shaping up to be a dismal Christmas - Will God help Detroit? - Required reading from the Bank for International Settlements - We are all hedge funds now - Happy eightieth to Noam Chomsky - Bartiromo on Joey Ramone - Why oh why can’t we have a better press corps? - Another own goal by the FT - Further, further reading

[Galleon] alpha quadrant
FT Alphaville — ... and its monthly returns. In the end though, what you get is the below table, click to enlarge: [image] That’s Galleon’s historical alpha, by month, with the high alphas are in red and the low alphas in green. What you can see from the table then, is that a few of Galleon’s historically high alpha-producing months were July 2006, 2007 and 2008. According to the SEC complaint , Galleon Management LP stands accused of acting on insider tips in July 2007 and 2008. (H/T Alea ). Related links: The Galleon rat pack - The Long Room A closer look at Galleon’s ...

Monday links: subsidizing debt
Abnormal Returns — ... large caps and small caps has evaporated.  (MarketBeat) Four key sectors that are struggling of late.  (VIX and More also Bespoke) While the window remains open corporations are issuing bonds at a rapid pace.  (WSJ) Tracking down the months in which Galleon had big slugs of alpha.  (HedgeWeek via Alea) A number of firsts in the launch of the iShares Diversified ...