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The Easy Money's Been Made
online.barrons.com - 19 days ago
The Easy Money's Been Made
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FRIDAY'S SURPRISING 3% SELLOFF NOTWITHSTANDING , the market's treacherous months of September and October have given investors a treat this year, rising almost 2%, unlike last year's scary trick, a 25% decline. The month just ended, however, was the first down one (off 2%) for the Standard & ...
ubs.com - 25 days ago
UBS Appoints Robert J. McCann as Chief Executive Officer, Wealth Management Americas & Member of ...
— ubs.com — UBS AG announced today the appointment of Robert J. McCann as Chief Executive Officer of UBS Wealth Management Americas and Member of the Group Executive Board of UBS AG. Mr. McCann, 51, will immediately assume responsibility for the firm's domestic ... (more) UBS Appoints Robert J. McCann as Chief Executive ...

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Sunday links: proving causation
Abnormal Returns — ... The return of risk-taking and end of the easy money trade.  (Barron’s earlier ...

Afternoon Reads
The Big Picture — Most linkfests involve me discussing what I have read. Today, I am posting a list of what I would be reading, if I was doing my normal commute, time in the office, etc. • Jittery Companies Stash Cash (WSJ) • Please Listen to Sheila Bair (Dealbook) • The Easy Money’s Been Made (Barron’s) • Can Citigroup Carry Its Own Weight? (Sunday NYT) • Goldman Looks to Buy Fannie Tax Credits (WSJ) • Left/Right Politics gets interesting: -The GOP Establishment ...

Further reading
FT Alphaville — Elsewhere on Tuesday, - The periodic table of finance bloggers . - Contingent capital ’s not cheap. - “If you have been wondering whether a statistical recovery is at hand…” - “ Cheap shots ” from Nobel Prize-winning economists. - The easy money ’s been made. - What backs the buck : the graphic. - The cruel math of big losses. - What rebalancing of Chinese and American consumption? - Too big to fail in Asia. - Distressed CRE : then and now. - No Christmas parties this year. - Further, ...

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