The End of Wall Street's Boom - National Business News
portfolio.com 11/12/2008 — o this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense investment advice to grownups remains a mystery to me. I was 24 years old, with no experience of, or particular interest in, guessing ...

The End of Wall Street's Boom - National Business News
portfolio.com 1/14/2009 — Lewis quotes short-seller Steve Eisman, who asserts that in rating residential mortgage-backed securities, Standard & Poor's assumed that "home prices would keep going up" and that our models "had no ability to accept a negative number." Both ...

A new business model in action
buzzmachine.com 12/15/2008 — Politico’s groundbreaking use of the reverse-syndication model has now expanded with Reuters acting as a distributor and marketer. The agreement will offer the two organization’s combined coverage to 60 newspapers and 40 broadcasters ...

Institutional Investor
iimagazine.com 3/11/2009 — Forgot your password? Remember me? Click Here for Full Issue Contents Wednesday March 11, 2009 SEARCH Advanced Home Institutional Investor Alpha Subscribe Data Store Free Trial Newsletter Sign-Up Capital Markets Investing & Trading Research Asset ...

Anger in the Streets (video)
link.brightcove.com 2/7/2009 — Anger in the Streets

The Model Made Me Do It
tbm.thebigmoney.com 12/2/2008 — One cannot read very far into the literature on the current financial crisis without bumping up against Warren Buffett's somber warning, " Beware of geeks bearing formulas ." This little brickbat of Omaha wisdom hits me like a hard punch in the ...

A new hedge fund business model
humblestudentofthemarkets.blogspot.com 2/6/2009 — As hedge fund returns continue to disappoint, there has been a cacophony of voices calling for changes in approach to investment in hedge funds and for reform in the industry. Some are pure marketing hype, while others do have some value. Here are ...

Anger in the streets
link.brightcove.com 2/7/2009 — Recent protests and riots are a sign of things to come, as Europeans express outrage at the economic meltdown.

Where the streets have no signs
tvhe.co.nz 3/17/2009 — Eric Crampton points to an example of offsetting behaviour in driving reported by Popular Mechanics: …modifying roads and intersections so drivers are less comfortable—by making driving, in some ways, more dangerous—forces people to slow down and pay attention, producing a change in ...

'Wall Street's Gains Equal Main Street's Loss?'
hf-implode.com 7/26/2009 — "In sum, while a growing number of investors seem to believe that Main Street is on the mend, many of corporate America's senior executives -- who are normally not prone towards pessimistic outlooks -- are maintaining that they see no real evidence of a revival where it counts -- on the ground."