Consolidation of Ukrainian Stock Market Brings New Opportunities to Investors
Kyiv Post | 06 March 2014
The merger of Ukraine’s two main stock trading platforms…
Retail Sales Drop was Enormous-Karl Denninger
http://youtu.be/wWbYWawYem4
USA Watchdog | 19 February 2014
Financial writer and stock trader Karl Denninger says the most recent Obama Care delay is all about politics…
The Stone that Brings Down Goliath? Richmond and Eminent Domain
Financial War Reports | 05 March 2014
In a nearly $13 billion settlement with the US Justice Department in November 2013…
So Russia is Going to Abandon the Dollar as a Reserve Currency? Good Luck With That One
The Telegraph | 04 March 2014
I’ve already explained why meaningful trade and financial sanctions against Russia are a non starter…
10 Things Payments Innovators Are Teaching Us About Innovation
Pymnts.com | 03 March 2014
We’re T-minus two weeks and a few days until the March 19 kick off of Innovation Project 2014…
Fed Doesn’t Have Authority to Regulate Bitcoin, Yellen Says
National Journal | 27 February 2014
The central bank’s chief says it’s not so easy to regulate the virtual currency, because there’s no central issuer or network operator…
How “Breaking Bad” and “House of Cards” killed the Oscars
Salon | 28 February 2014
The best movies get made because filmmakers, financiers, champions, and a great many gifted creative people stubbornly ignore the obstacles…
Report of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Public Pension Plan Funding
Society of Actuaries
On behalf of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Public Pension Plan Funding (“the Panel”), I am pleased to submit the attached report of our findings and recommendations…
SEC Probes Goldman and Citi Bond Allocations
FT | 28 February 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the way investors are given allocations…
Warren Buffet’s 2013 Shareholder Letter
Berkshire Hathaway | 28 February 2014
Berkshire’s gain in net worth during 2013 was $34.2 billion…
Almost Half a Billion Worth of Bitcoins Vanish
The Wall Street Journal | 28 February 2014
Mt. Gox Says It Lost 750,000 of Customers’ Bitcoin to Fraud…