View from the Bridge: Investment biker
Being a long time motorbiker, I am very conscious of the ever present threat that comes from being unaware of what is in front of you.
Gosling's Grouse: Baying for blood
When a phlebotomist sticks a needle in a vein you pay attention. He or she has you just where they want you.
FDR, Reagan, Clinton or Obama: When were markets strongest?
Three years into Barack Obama's term as US president, how do equity market returns under this administration compare with those seen under previous leaders?
"the AIC believes the directive is fundamentally flawed because its plan to cap the amount funds can borrow will actually increase risk, thereby defeating its purpose." Yes it will increase the risk ... of the nefarious Hedge Fund collapsing! But it will DECREASE the risk of the market asset prices being manipulated unethically and to the detriment of genuine investors for the long term. This legislation is one of the regulations desperately required for proper public asset market functioning.