economistsview.typepad.com - 11/17/2008
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Scientific American says quants need to learn more economics and
history before deploying their mathematical tools:
After the Crash, SciAm : If Hollywood makes a movie about the worst financial
crisis since the Great Depression, a basement room in a government building in
Washington ...
Quants: What Are They Doing These Days?
portfolio.com 1/7/2009 — I was talking about quant funds this afternoon, and got to wondering what on earth they're doing these days, given that their m.o., up until say the summer of 2007, was to find trading ideas, backtest them, try them out in real life for a while, and ...
The SEC
blogmaverick.com 11/30/2008 — First let me say that this has nothing to do with me, but given my interest in all things financial and the government during this financial crisis, I read with interest the Office of Inspector General’s Report to Congress regarding the SEC.
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America's Fear of Competition
tbm.thebigmoney.com 1/24/2009 — Although everybody claims to love the market, nobody really likes the rough-and-tumble of competition that produces the essential "creative destruction" of capitalism. At bottom, this abhorrence of competition and change are the common theme that ...
SEC looks to reassure investors
(Reuters)
news.yahoo.com 2/8/2009 — Reuters - Securities and Exchange Commission officials looked to reassure investors on Friday that they would reinvigorate the agency's policing of Wall Street, improve the quality of credit ratings and said they expect to bring more cases against ...
SEC Skipped Normal Inspection of Madoff Hedge Fund
nakedcapitalism.com 12/14/2008 — So how did Madoff get away with his $50 billion fraud? Time will tell when and how it started, although I'd hazard the dot com bust. Madoff may have been unwilling to report losses, and assumed (initially) that no one would be hurt if he fibbed if ...
How the New SEC Enforcement Director Can Help Restore Investor Confidence
securitiesdocket.com 4/14/2009 — by Bruce Carton
Robert Khuzami began his new job as director of the Enforcement Division at the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30. His arrival marks the first change in leadership for the Enforcement Division since 200
Khuzami joins the SEC from Deutsche Bank AG in New York, ...
Pondering Madoff as we enter 2009
ritholtz.com 12/23/2008 — Pondering Madoff as we enter 2009
by David Kotok
December 23, 2008
David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. He holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the ...
SEC Heal Thyself: Compliance Program Revamped
securitiesdocket.com 6/9/2009 — The Securities and Exchange Commission just hasn’t had enough bad news recently, so last month the media piled on even more: a probe of insider-trading allegedly going on inside the SEC.
Specifically, the agency’s inspector general has found evidence of “suspicious activity, appearances of ...
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