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Amongst The Stars

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Submitted by originalwong on March 22, 2009
In Category: Business

This blog aims to study the mechanics and behavior of the market and occasionally find a gem of insight.

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Lessons and Strategies from Our Current Crisis

Risk Managers have always been seen as people trying to halt deals. Not necessarily the most popular people in the office, they seem to be t...

Source: Amongst The Stars | March 3, 2009

Asset Allocation - A Potential Key to Success

Let's assume that there are three asset classes: Equity, Fixed Income (Bonds), and Cash.Generally, these three classes are generalized as fo...

Source: Amongst The Stars | March 3, 2009

Why Bernoulli based models are rubbish - and why they might work

I've recently read from a brochure from a highly respected Canadian big bank about Behavioural Finance, particularly, the Gambler's Fallacy...

Source: Amongst The Stars | March 3, 2009

Oil - Prisoner's Dilemma as a model for OPEC and Cartel Style Oligopolies

This is a quick economics review for people who are concerned about the price of oil and the mechanics at play behind the scenes in the supp...

Source: Amongst The Stars | March 3, 2009

Elasticity - Inferior Goods - Opportunity for Observation

I have recently been discussing Elasticity because it is an important economic concept which aims to describe a component of human behaviour...

Source: Amongst The Stars | March 3, 2009

Is "What's good for General Motors is good for the country" still true?

Charles Erwin Wilson was once asked if he could make a decision adverse to the interests of General Motors (when he was serving as Secretary...

Source: Amongst The Stars | March 3, 2009

The Dual and Compounding Effect of EPS

I've repeatedly mentioned EPS and PE as a model for creating a price for stocks. However, I've also cautioned against using it recently as t...

Source: Amongst The Stars | March 3, 2009

Recent Stock Volatility

Not entirely sure what is with the volume and volatility in the markets the last two days, but stock prices have generally taken another bea...

Source: Amongst The Stars | February 24, 2009

Deal Sourcing

It's interesting to note that many firms have active PE groups that don't just invest in PE funds, but rather also use the funds as a method...

Source: Amongst The Stars | February 23, 2009

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