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Showing posts with label Investing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Investing. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

What does the market know?

https://www.oaktreecapital.com/docs/default-source/memos/what-does-the-market-know.pdf?sfvrsn=6

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Big Banks, Big Bond Deals and Big Jackpots - Bloomberg View

A good data-journalism project would be to keep track of all the investors who were inspired to enter finance by a particular person, divide them into teams based on their inspirations, and see who inspired the best investors. Warren Buffett? George Soros? Jesse Livermore? Michael Lewis? Gordon Gekko? Where do you think Thales falls on that list?







Big Banks, Big Bond Deals and Big Jackpots - Bloomberg View

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Facebook Earnings and Swap Hedges - Bloomberg View

Facebook Earnings and Swap Hedges - Bloomberg View:



 Wall Street "short-termism" is just about who should get to make decisions with capital. If you are bad at investing�capital, investors will keep you on a short leash, and ask for their capital back if you have any to spare so they can put it to better uses. If you are great�at investing�capital, sure, buy a virtual-reality headset company, build driverless cars, shoot rockets to Mars, whatever, go nuts. Long-term corporate investment and deep basic research is possible, but you have to earn it.