China Stocks

No short term trading for now. The 30 bp tax is the same as Japan in the old days. But Japan's was only for foreigners on sales. This is for all and on both sides. Stock loan is also hard, if not impossible.

Understanding Poll Results

The Pew Research poll that showed the number of American Muslims that liked Al Queda, favored suicide bombing etc was a non-negative number got lots of play. However it is just as scary what the rest of us believe.

Do we really want to remember Everything?

An interesting essay on the future of computing.
Gorden Bell of Microsoft, one of the original Digital Computer guys who drove the establishment of the net., thinks about what we will do when we have information about everything.

Immigration

A look at immigration and what it really means for productivity, growth and society.

Why are gas prices so high?

And why are our politicians so uninformed?

If you always wondered..

Why Chinese move interest rates by 18 bps? You are ...

Income Inequality

Is it education or something else? If education explains income differentials why is the gap amoung dentists growing? Only your dentist knows for sure.

Why Cayman

An answer why non-profit money wants offshore hedge funds. Even they need to dodge taxes too

Confused? Help is on the way

An ETF cheat-sheet.

Art Hedge Fund

A new offering in alternatives space.

Alpha may be beta in disguise.

This is an old Vanguard paper looking at the recent false debate between separating alpha and beta. It all depends on how you define the risk factors.

Don't get old

Some depressing reading for us 40 somethings.

Stop CEO Whining

SOX while bothersome, is not causing the decline of American capital markets says a new paper. CEO's should look inward.