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Barclays CE Bob Diamond talks about the economy, banking and compensation with Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker in Davos. Continue reading
Heard news that JCP will roll out a new pricing strategy, proposed by Rob Johnon, the guy behind Apple retail stores, and it’s up more than 15% today. Yeah, he did a great job at Apple, but look at JCP’s PE, almost reaching at 50, compared to those of Kohls and Macy - low 10 P/E. Continue reading
Just coming from the thread for celebrating a pass, the first thing that pops in my mind was, what do i do if it was a miserable fail instead. An average of 64% failing the exam in the past shows it’s actually easier to fit two camels through the eye of a needle at once that the chances of passing the CFA level 1 at a go. Continue reading
Anyone here invest in this asset class? How do you evaluate them from a fundamental standpoint? Are pipeline negatively or positively or uncorrelated to energy prices etc? The way I see it is that pipelines are practically monopolies like railroads, with solid cash generating capabilities. But evaluating them from a fundamental perspective is more difficult Continue reading
More than 25 years ago Warren Buffett wrote an article about the investment performance of the disciples of Ben Graham and David Dodd. It is a timeless piece about value investing and having a disciplined investment methodology. Continue reading
This morning the CFA Institute announced the pass rate for the December 2011 Level I CFA exam at 38%. If you see one of the 18,736 candidates jumping on their desk this morning, don’t panic. If you see one of the 30,644 candidates crying in their coffee, please buy them lunch. Continue reading
It was 39% when I had appeared and the joy of realizing ‘being in 39%’ was more as compared to passing the exam! This time it is 38%. I can understand how you would be feeling. Your efforts have made you step one level ahead and now you have the opportunity to learn ample knowledge and develop significant skills while preparing for Level II. Continue reading
Since there’s been a lot of argument about why no one is posting investment ideas rather than actually posting them, I thought I’d take the first leap. Continue reading
A few months ago I was debating between a trading position and this PE analyst position I am at now. Been here for about 3-months now, have learned a lot. Another benefit, when you work 90-hrs a week, apparently you save a lot of your paycheck without realizing. Continue reading
I am getting so f’in tired of hearing the phrase, “In this economy!?” It seems like anytime I say something with financial implications, the knee jerk reply is the aforementioned. Continue reading