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I’ve been watching Bernanke get questioned on CNBC / C-SPAN today. I’ve realized that most of the people who make the laws that govern our country have literally highschool understandings of the economy at best. It’s like watching Bernanke teach a Freshmen Macro Econ class to trust fund babies. Continue reading
Very often during the CFA study, we come across the statement that on an aggregate level active management does not beat its benchmark taking additional costs into account. Then why do they still exist? Continue reading
The year was 1996 and I vividly remember sitting in my Finance 101 class taught by Dr. Benecke at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. There was a guy named Mike who was a pretty sharp guy and he was telling me that he was taking out a student loan to buy some shares of Yahoo. Continue reading
Ever since I first read a book by Ben Graham in my sophomore year of college I’ve stayed pretty close to the markets. I don’t watch CNBC all day, but I do read a fair number of opinions and outlooks on the markets and equites. Rarely have I even seen such a divide between the bulls and the bears. Continue reading
“It was about a year after Wells Fargo & Co. and Kovacevich, the bank’s chairman at the time, had announced a plan to purchase Wachovia Corp., and now he was reaching out to Warren Buffett for help, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its March issue. Just days before, Buffett had heralded his own acquisition of railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. for $26 billion.” Continue reading
I’m almost 29 now and it feels almost everyone my age has been light years ahead in their careers. Not to whine or be negative but I strongly feel I’m not making enough at my age. Continue reading
Here is my dilemma. I failed the dec 11 test by a pretty strong margin. The buddy I studied with did considerably better but still did not pass either. I thought we were in the same ball park the whole way through. Continue reading
Did you know there are only 400 CFA charterholders in Russia? A recent article in the Moscow Times discusses why the CFA charter is as good as gold in Russia. Continue reading
This week Facebook is expected to file an S-1 for their initial public offering. Here some interesting stats about this soon to be historic IPO. Continue reading