moneyscience: Apple's Tax Planning is unsurprisingly sophisticated - http://t.co/vvrr1V8i #tcm

moneyscience: The first comprehensive study of the consumption and personal finance of gamblers http://t.co/8I9LyREv #gambling

moneyscience: There is a data revolution occurring in #science - http://t.co/I0Lz5otE #bigdata #tcm

moneyscience: Shame, The #Wealth Report blog is closing down: Here's the Top 10 Wealth Report Posts of All Time http://t.co/Yn6ZK66m

Can the charts help us with Apple here?

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moneyscience: Credit default swaps: Useful, misleading, dangerous? http://t.co/F0fO1RQy #derivatives #quant

Richard Portes
Once upon a time, credit default swaps were a form of insurance held by investors who also owned the underlying asset. But this column argues that the market has now become overwhelmed by ‘naked CDSs’ that allow speculators to make bets on the future of corporates and sovereigns – bets that can be wildly destabilising. This column calls for a ban on naked CDSs.
Credit default swaps (CDSs) are derivatives, financial instruments sold over the counter. They...

The bombshell is on page 70 of the report by the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee into News International and phone-hacking. It is worth quoting in full: "If at all relevant times, Rupert Murdoch did not take steps to become fully informed about phone-hacking, he turned a blind eye and exhibited wilful blindess to what was going on in his companies and publications....

The European Journal of Finance, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 1-14, Ahead of Print.