Archive for August, 2005
The Economist on credit dreivatives
Credit derivatives
Risky business
Aug 18th 2005
From The Economist print edition
The market for insurance against credit default continues to boom Read the rest of this entry »
11 Clients You Need to Fire Right Now
Software Development
September 2005
11 Clients You Need to Fire Right Now
Is your customer a chiseler, perpetually dissatisfied or a bully? Are you tired of justifying software development practices to people who think it’s just so much high-paid typing? It’s time to cut loose those clients who are earning you gray hairs.
Market Anomaly or Data Mining?
OK, this is weird. The number of NYSE stocks that currently have a negative beta (computed on last 60 monthly returns) appears to be a predictor of S&P 500 performance over the next 12 weeks: Read the rest of this entry »
The Economist on secondary market for hedge funds
Trading hedge funds
Online matchmaking
Aug 4th 2005 | NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition
A new way for alternative investments to find new owners FOR those who fancy tucking a few million dollars into a select hedge fund, classified ads in newspapers will not do. But Hedgebay, a tidy secondary market for stakes in hedge funds, just might. Hedgebay is a website where serious investors take part in an online auction, finding and selling rare and coveted hedge funds that are closed to new investors. It began as a niche market in 1999, but its volume tripled in 2003 and now grows at an annualised rate of 20%.
The Economist on the private equity boom
Private equity
Glory days
Aug 4th 2005 | NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition
Buy-outs are booming. Why? Read the rest of this entry »
World Economic Outlook on oil prices
World Economic Outlook has a chapter on oil prices:
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The Economist on Zheng He
The admiral of what might have been
Jul 14th 2005
From The Economist print edition