Thursday, March 28, 2013

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Blog Post: TheFinancialServicesClub: Princess to Queen

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 01:46 AM PDT

They say that women control most of the spending in the world (or is that men in the world?), so I was amused to see this advert for Citibank during my recent trip to India, as it appeals to this share of wallet.read more...

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Published / Preprint: Growing role of hedge funds in the economy

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 01:34 AM PDT



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Published / Preprint: Are investable hedge fund indices holding their promise?

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 01:34 AM PDT



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Published / Preprint: The effects of drawdown risk reduction on the US hedge funds

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 01:34 AM PDT



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Blog Post: TheAlephBlog: Stock Buybacks vs Dividends vs Reinvestment

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:38 PM PDT

This should be short.  Let me start with some facts.read more...

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Blog Post: Falkenblog: The Perennial Urban Allure

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 06:50 PM PDT

Richard Florida is a popular speaker on city development. His theory is that hipsters and homosexuals generate the innovation of great cities like Manhattan and San Francisco. I think his theory is simply wishful thinking, unsupported by anything but anecdotal correlations, but in his latest defense he makes the assertion that cities are essential to growth: Second, everyone who actually...

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Published / Preprint: How (In)accurate Are Demand Forecasts in Public Works Projects? The Case of Transportation. (arXiv:1303.6654v1 [q-fin.GN])

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 05:31 PM PDT

This article presents results from the first statistically significant study of traffic forecasts in transportation infrastructure projects. The sample used is the largest of its kind, covering 210 projects in 14 nations worth US$59 billion. The study shows with very high statistical significance that forecasters generally do a poor job of estimating the demand for transportation infrastructure...

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Blog Post: iMFdirect: Support the People, Not Energy in the Middle East and North Africa

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:21 AM PDT

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Blog Post: emotionalfinance: Emotions and financial trading

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 06:44 AM PDT



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Advanced Financial Analysis

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 05:05 AM PDT

Advanced Financial Analysis builds upon the material covered in Part I as part of the Equity part of module Fixed Income and Equity Investments. The module focuses on the main pillars of top-down equity fundamental analysis: economic analysis, Industry analysis and financial accounting. Its primary aim is to provide more in-depth analysis of how the macro-economy, the industry structure...

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Call for book chapters: âCorporate Governance in Emerging Markets: Theories, Practices and Casesâ

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:57 AM PDT

To be published by Springer Verlag, 2013read more...

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