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    Saturday, July 5, 2008 One of my original purposes... (1 click)
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July 5, 2008 at 2:14 pm ET One of my original purposes in starting this blog was to create a place to keep track of things I came across that might be useful in my classes. I just found another ... (more) Friday, July 4, 2008 Happy Independence Day (3 clicks)
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July 4, 2008 at 11:09 am ET A happy July 4th to all the Financial Rounds readers out there.Start by reading the Declaration of Independence here. Then, to get a good feel for the costs born by the Signers of the ... (more) Thursday, July 3, 2008 Fun With Nausea (7 clicks)
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July 3, 2008 at 5:37 pm ET Unknown Son had his regularly scheduled chemo round yesterday. Unfortunately, it was followed by nausea and vomiting starting about 5:00 and continuing throughout the night. So, this morning it was back to the ... (more) Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Investor Sentiment and Stock Returns (3 clicks)
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July 1, 2008 at 11:12 am ET Here's a paper that will definitely make it into the class readings the next time I teach investments. In their paper "How Does Investor Sentiment Affect the Cross-Section of Stock Returns?", ... (more) Saturday, June 28, 2008 Obama and Intrade (8 clicks)
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June 28, 2008 at 2:32 pm ET I use the Intrade prediction market contracts in class to illustrate how markets aggregate and process information. At present, the Obama 2008 Presidential Contract is trading between $0.66 and $0.67 (in other words, it ... (more) I'm Baaaaaaack! (4 clicks)
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June 28, 2008 at 12:33 pm ET Sorry for the lack of posting lately - it's been a crazy week. But then, lately they all seem like crazy weeks. We survived last week without any need for trips to the ... (more) Monday, June 23, 2008 RIP George Carlin (4 clicks)
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June 23, 2008 at 8:59 am ET George Carlin went into St. John's Health Center on Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest pain. He died at 5:55 p.m. PT. Carlin was one of the icons of my generation. He constantly pushed ... (more) Saturday, June 21, 2008 Another Week In the Unknown Household (5 clicks)
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June 21, 2008 at 3:32 pm ET Another week gone by, with the usual ups and downs.Last week's Friday the 13th episode continued the next day with a phone call from the Unknown Elder Brother to tell me that my mother (age ... (more) Friday, June 20, 2008 Investment Advice (3 clicks)
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June 20, 2008 at 11:51 am ET Here's a classic
"I appreciate your honesty"
... (more) Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Lower Interest Rates (1 click)
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June 17, 2008 at 10:40 am ET This NY Times cartoon is from the early 80's, but it plays just as well today:HT: The Big Picture
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June 16, 2008 at 2:45 pm ET I'm not superstitious, but sometimes you have to wonder. Here's a Friday the Thirteenth play in five actsAct 1:We go to Unknown Son's regular chemo treatment (he's now on a once every three ... (more) Coffee (2 clicks)
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June 16, 2008 at 11:23 am ET My kids already know "When Daddy doesn;t have coffee, he gets GRUMPY"more graph humor and song chart memesAnd just in case you don't refill the pot, watch the first 30 minutes of this:"You kill the ... (more) Saturday, June 14, 2008 Stretching Accounts Payables (13 clicks)
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June 14, 2008 at 12:23 pm ET "Stretching" Accounts Payables (i.e. paying accounts payables past the due date without remitting the penalty, or paying after the discount period has expired but still taking the discount) is a common way that some firms ... (more) Thursday, June 12, 2008 From Financial Rounds - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 12, 2008 at 12:09 pm ET Since the CFA June exams are now done, there's a lot of concern as to how CFAI determines a passing score. So, here's a breakdown for Levels 1 and 2:In the past CFAI used ... (more) Tuesday, June 10, 2008 From Financial Rounds - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 10, 2008 at 10:12 am ET One of the frustrating parts of taking the CFA exam is that there's between a 6 and 8 week (depending on which level you took) lag from the time you took the exam to the ... (more) Monday, June 9, 2008 From Financial Rounds - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 9, 2008 at 3:45 pm ET What a relief to have the CFA exam behind me. So far today, I've worked on two projects and talked with two coauthors. They should make for interesting projects - both are using ... (more) Sunday, June 8, 2008 Last Minute Fun With The CFA Exam (11 clicks)
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June 8, 2008 at 8:04 pm ET T'was the night before the CFA exam, and of course the Unknown Son starts complaining loudly of severe stomach pains. Of course, this ended all possibility of any last-minute reviewing. He started ... (more) Friday, June 6, 2008 Forecast For Blogging: Light (5 clicks)
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June 6, 2008 at 9:56 am ET Blogging will be light for the next two days - the CFA L2 exam is all day tomorrow. I'm doing my final reviews today, and will probably go out and see Iron Man ... (more) Monday, June 2, 2008 From Financial Rounds - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 2, 2008 at 3:35 pm ET Since it's a time for a break from studying, I figured it's time to post a few more CFA test-taking tips:Accept the facts as a given - even if the scenario given in the question ... (more) Meetings Stink (1 click)
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June 2, 2008 at 10:49 am ET Th semester is over, but the meetings continue. I love it how an ineffective chair of a committee can turn 10 minutes of information into a 45 minute snoozefest. Since a picture beats ... (more) Today's CFA Exam Tip (3 clicks)
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June 2, 2008 at 7:57 am ET As I continue to grind through the CFA Level 2 material, I'm struck by the number of questions that use a "Which of the following statements is the least true ..." format.Here's a tip ... (more) Saturday, May 31, 2008 Harvey Korman Dies at 81 (1 click)
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May 31, 2008 at 4:53 pm ET I just found out that Harvey Korman passed away on Thursday. He was one of the giants of comedy in the 60s and 70s. I still remember many of his skits from the ... (more) Another Good Investment Banking Blog (8 clicks)
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May 31, 2008 at 11:55 am ET The other day, while looking for ways to avoid studying for the CFA exam, I came across another pretty good blog on Investment Banking. It's titled "The Prince of Wall Street". Here's the ... (more) Friday, May 30, 2008 From Financial Rounds - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 30, 2008 at 10:51 am ET Here's another installment of "Finance Professors Behaving Badly":John Marshall (retired finance professor at St. Johns University) and (at Pace University) was recently accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission in March of passing inside ... (more) Wednesday, May 28, 2008 From Financial Rounds - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 28, 2008 at 3:39 pm ET here's an interesting paper by Daniel Beneish of Indiana U. and Craig Nichols of Cornell titled "Identifying Overvalued Equity."Here's the abstract:Jensen (2005) argues that overvaluation changes the behavior of managers in ways that increase ... (more) Items 1 - 25 of 146
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