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News: Simple tests of predicted returns

90 days ago - Portfolio Probe

Some ways to explore how good a method of predicting returns is. Data and model The universe is 443 large cap US stocks that have data back to the beginning of 2004.  The dai...

Blog: Simple tests of predicted returns

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News: Pearson invests in Nook tablets

142 days ago - BBC News - Business

UK publisher Pearson says it will invest in the Nook series of e-readers and tablets, buying a 5% stake in the business for $89.5m (£55.5m).

News: “Be Careful What You Ask For, You Might Just Get It” - Statement By CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton On 2012 Research Conference To Discuss Key Issues In Derivatives Markets, Washington, DC

169 days ago - News Articles

There’s a song by Everclear “Be Careful What You Ask for, You Might Just Get it.” Wall Street and its’ allies, many of whom make a pretty penny specula...

News: Financial Times head to step down

173 days ago - BBC News - Business

Rona Fairhead, the chief executive of the Financial Times Group, is to step down in April, the business newspaper's owner Pearson announces.

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The Aleph Blog 189 days ago

News: Sorted Weekly Tweets

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News: Penguin in Random House tie-up

202 days ago - BBC News - Business

Publisher Pearson says it has agreed a deal with German media group Bertelsmann to combine their Penguin and Random House businesses.

News: Penguin and Random House in talks

205 days ago - BBC News - Business

Two of the world's biggest publishers, Penguin and Random House, are in talks about a possible merger.