The Law is Not a “Pretty Plaything”
I have referenced my colleague Matt Levine’s work at Bloomberg Opinion many times in the past. What he wrote about yesterday struck...
Dark Towers
According to veteran Wall Street Journal and New York Times reporter David Enrich, Deutsche Bank is a rogue financial institution –...
Should index funds be illegal?
Matt Levine writes the Money Stuff daily column covering finance at Bloomberg. He was an editor of Dealbreaker, an investment banker at...
BBRG: Hedge Funds and Private Equity Need Full Disclosure
Hedge Funds and Private Equity Need Full Disclosure Many function just like mutual funds or ETFs, yet operate behind a veil of secrecy....
The Failure of Contemporary Antitrust Policy
Source: ILSR; Hat tip Stacy Mitchell This is a fascinating read from ILSR as to how Wal-Mart became the dominant grocer in the...
Two in Three Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana
Gallup: “Sixty-six percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, another new high in Gallup’s trend over nearly half...
Overstock Saga Ends With a Whimper . . .
I never went looking for a fight with Overstock. It is not what I cover, and its weird collection of oddball employees, sycophants and...
The Biggest Money Laundering Scheme in History
It could be the biggest money-laundering scheme in history, with suspicious money flowing from Russia and former Soviet republics
‘Concentration of Ownership’ is the Latest...
Index Funds Don’t Hurt Consumers, But Monopolies Do Critics of passive investing blame the wrong thing for higher prices in some...
Legalized Sports Betting: One-Year Year After PASPA Decision
Sports betting is now legal in 11 states (including Nevada). Source: Variety Its been a year since the U.S. Supreme Court struck...