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Finance Clippings wrote a new blog post titled The strange world of high speed trading.
An interesting Wired Magazine article. Thanks Mark (one of my students).
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Institute for New Economic Thinking wrote a new blog post titled Alexander Field: A Great Leap Forward - Productivity Growth During the Great Depression
Alexander Field offers a new take on postwar prosperity in the United States. While public spending during the Second World War is often credited with laying the foundation for postwar growth, Field suggests this foundation had long been laid. In fact, in this INET interview with Rob Johnson he says productive capacity increased tremendously in the years preceding the war, and that fact – not the war spending – provided the basis for prosperity and productivity improvements in the 1950s and 1960s. Alexander J. Field is Professor of Economics at Santa Clara University and Executive...
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Econometrics Beat wrote a new blog post titled A Trick With Regression Residuals
Suppose that you've estimated an econometric model and you want to test the residuals for serial independence, or perhaps for homoskedasticity. The trouble is that for the model and estimator that you;ve used, your favourite computer package doesn't provide such tests. Is there a quick way of "tricking" the package into giving you the information that you want? Yes, there is. I'll show you how, by looking at a situation that arises when using EViews. Similar examples occur with...
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Front-Run The Delta wrote a new blog post titled WTI Forward Curve Update & Physical News - 22 Feb 2012
The front 12 months are particularly curious. Some news clippings this week: Feb 22, via Reuters: "Sentiment in the Asia-Pacific crude market firmed on Wednesday, with Australia's Enfield crude expected to fetch double-digit premiums due to tight supplies. One cargo of April-lifting Enfield, which was delayed from March, being offered and could trade at a record premium above $10 to dated Brent, a trader said. Premiums for sweet regional crudes for April have risen across the board...
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The Reformed Broker wrote a new blog post titled Chart o’ the Day: The Economic Surprise Rollercoaster
Chart.
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FINalternatives wrote a new blog post titled SAC Founder's Ex Seeks Sequel For Explosive Lawsuit
SAC Capital Advisors founder Steven Cohen's ex-wife was back in court, trying to revive her lawsuit against the billionaire accusing him of hiding assets from her during their 1990 divorce. read more
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FINalternatives wrote a new blog post titled Wietschner, Goldman Hedge Fund Advisory Chief, Retires
A top Goldman Sachs hedge fund executive is retiring from the firm. read more
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MoneyScience wrote a new blog post titled RT @QFINANCEnews: China tacks hard to avoid a hard landing http://t.co/c9AlNDqY
moneyscience: RT @QFINANCEnews: China tacks hard to avoid a hard landing http://t.co/c9AlNDqY
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FINalternatives wrote a new blog post titled Survey: Most 2011 HF Startups Were Equities Strategies
Seward & Kissel, which bills itself the law firm that “helped create the first hedge fund” (A.W. Jones & Co. in 1949), has just completed a survey of new U.S. hedge funds. read more
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The Reformed Broker wrote a new blog post titled Consequences of War on the US Economy
War's economic impact.
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The Reformed Broker wrote a new blog post titled Grocuho Marx Writes the Greatest Shareholder Letter Ever
The famed funnyman got a glossy annual report from the Franklin Corporation in 1961, what follows is his letter to the president of the company...
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The Reformed Broker wrote a new blog post titled Throwback: Express Yourself (1988)
Video.
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MoneyScience wrote a new blog post titled 101 @Linkedin Groups for Financial Professionals - http://t.co/AT4kUGii #finance #quant #tcm
moneyscience: 101 @Linkedin Groups for Financial Professionals - http://t.co/AT4kUGii #finance #quant #tcm
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MoneyScience wrote a new blog post titled Profile: Edward A. Snyder, New Dean of the Yale School of Management http://t.co/e9otm8LM - @yalesom
moneyscience: Profile: Edward A. Snyder, New Dean of the Yale School of Management http://t.co/e9otm8LM - @yalesom
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FINalternatives wrote a new blog post titled LightSquared To Ax 45% Of Staff
LightSquared, the broadband wireless company backed by Philip Falcone’s Harbinger Capital hedge fund will cut its workforce by 45%. read more
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Cass Business School wrote a new blog post titled Breaking the glass silo - does the voluntary sector hold the key to reaching board gender targets?
New seminar series highlights long-ignored talent pool
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MoneyScience wrote a new blog post titled Pretty cool: Information Security MBA's teach business side of Cybersecurity & train grads to handle security breaches. http://t.co/39anAbyx
moneyscience: Pretty cool: Information Security MBA's teach business side of Cybersecurity & train grads to handle security breaches. http://t.co/39anAbyx
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MoneyScience wrote a new blog post titled On #MBA Inflation, Execs suggest Business Doctorates which they say provide the exclusivity MBA's once offered - http://t.co/QP3Ypu5s
moneyscience: On #MBA Inflation, Execs suggest Business Doctorates which they say provide the exclusivity MBA's once offered - http://t.co/QP3Ypu5s
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MoneyScience wrote a new blog post titled Tune in over on @businessschools for our latest batch of business education links. And there's plenty more here: http://t.co/9ub0WPGJ #tcm
moneyscience: Tune in over on @businessschools for our latest batch of business education links. And there's plenty more here: http://t.co/9ub0WPGJ #tcm
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