Context Required: Mom & Pop vs Professional Investors
Pro Forecasters Stink, You’re Worse If the actions and forecasts for the pros make for unreliable market indicators, individual...
When Correlations Lie
When Correlations Lie Welcome to the mathematically ignorant, conceptually foolish, money-losing world of single-variable analysis....
How to Make a Killing in Global Warming
The Losing Bet on Climate Change It doesn’t matter whether you do or don’t believe in climate change when it comes to...
Why Don’t We Hold Pundits Accountable?
Five years ago, Arthur Laffer — creator of the Laffer curve and a member of President Ronald Reagan’s Economic Policy...
Finance’s Greatest Innovation: “Don’t Prosecute Us’
Banks Take the Economy Hostage Prosecutors are considering bringing criminal charges against two overseas banks for charges ranging from...
NFP: Pay No Attention to the Statistician Behind the Curtains
Pay No Attention to the Government Statistician Behind the Curtain Okay, strap in for yet another tirade on why you should (for the most...
Why Do Forecasters Keep Forecasting?
Why Do Forecasters Keep Forecasting? It’s that time of year again! All of your favorite prognosticators will soon be trotting out...
Meet Uncle Sam, Your Partner in Crime
Meet Uncle Sam, Your Partner in Crime Lack of criminal prosecutions for bankers, hedge funds managers and other moguls has altered the...
Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere
Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere By John Mauldin November 1, 2013 Easy Money Will Lead to Bubbles Excess Liquidity Creating Bubbles...
10 Things You May Not Have Known About Lehman Brothers
Short list: 1. At the Ira Sohn Investment Research Conference in May 2008, hedge fund manager David Einhorn explained why he believed...