Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Guest Post: Turning Japanese and understanding the consequence of policy half-measures

Edward Harrison

consequences; Guest Post; measured; naked capitalism; policies; Turn Japanese; understanding.

Rick Bookstaber Thu 2009-04-02 00:00 EDT

Rick Bookstaber: Measuring the value-added of hedge funds

capital-weighted annualized returns measures hedge fund value-added; large hedges funds have on net lost money for their investors since inception

Hedge funds; measured; Rick Bookstaber; value-added.

Tue 2008-11-25 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: Government Lending Support Pledges and Measures At $7.4 Trillion

4 trillion; 7; Government Lending Support Pledges; measured; naked capitalism.

Tue 2008-10-28 00:00 EDT

Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: Four Magic Words - "We Are Providing Capital" - October 13, 2008

``Stocks are now measurably undervalued''

2008; Hussman Funds; magic words; October 13; provide capital; weekly market comments.

Thu 2008-07-03 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: On FAS 157 and Measurement Fallacy

Susan Webber, Management's Great Addiction (download link); Roger Ehrenberg

FAS 157; Measurement Fallacy; naked capitalism.

Thu 2008-07-03 00:00 EDT

Information Arbitrage: Straight-talk on FAS 157: Blackstone and their Banker Buddies Have it Wrong

gap management; "Trading risk becomes liquidity risk when you can't trade...Do real stress-testing of liquidity scenarios and construct a capital structure that address much of the liquidity risk posed by non-standard assets...So why do risk managers and bank managements' so consistently make bad decisions? Probably because there is an over-reliance on measures that are seemingly quantifiable."

Banker Buddies; Blackstone; FAS 157; Information Arbitrage; straight-talking; wrong.

Tue 2008-06-24 00:00 EDT

"The Game is Over. There won't be a rebound": Interview with Michael Hudson on the economy

by Mike Whitney; endangered affluence requires radical measures

economy; game; interview; Michael Hudson; rebounding.

Thu 2008-06-12 00:00 EDT

Sudden Debt: Real GDP - Part V: Goose Eggs

"traditional macro-economic measurements like GDP, debt, etc., will soon have to be retooled or replaced entirely"

Goose Eggs; part; Real GDP; Sudden Debt.

Wed 2008-04-02 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Desperate Measures to Tackle Credit Crisis Discussed

Desperate Measures; naked capitalism; Tackle Credit Crisis Discussed.

Fri 2008-03-21 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Extreme Measures V and VI; Drop Mark-to-Market; Beg Oil Producers to Rescue Banks

Beg Oil Producers; Drops Mark; Extreme measures; Market; naked capitalism; rescued banks.

Mon 2008-03-17 00:00 EDT

The Wall Street Examiner >> Sunday Night Massacre- Fed Announces Emergency Measures

Fed Announces Emergency Measures; Sunday night massacre; Wall Street Examiner.

Fri 2007-12-14 00:00 EST

Bear In Mind > Goldman and Lehman: How much did you hedge?

Bear In Mind > Goldman and Lehman: How much did you hedge? Lehman takes 1% loss on fixed income portfolio despite "bsolute worst month on record by any measure for the fixed income markets"

Bear; Goldman; Hedge; Lehman; mind.

Mon 2007-10-08 00:00 EDT

Inflation Measurement and Price Volatility - Richard Fisher Speeches - News & Events - FRB Dallas

Inflation Measurement and Price Volatility, by Federal Reserve banker Richard Fisher; FRB Dallas; understating inflation

events; FRB Dallas; Inflation measure; news; Price Volatility; Richard Fisher Speeches.

Tue 2007-08-28 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Extreme Measures II: Gillian Tett at the Financial Times

"parties who are in the best position to facilitate price discovery have every reason to impede that process"

Extreme Measures II; Financial Times; Gillian Tett; naked capitalism.

Tue 2007-08-28 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Extreme Measures I: Bill Gross at Pimco

proposed homeowner bailout dismissed

bill gross; Extreme measures; naked capitalism; PIMCO.

Tue 2006-10-31 00:00 EST

RGE - Was Q3 GDP growth manipulated upwards because of the coming elections or is the US government clueless about measuring output?

by Nouriel Roubini

coming elections; government clueless; measurement output; Q3 GDP growth manipulated upwards; RGE.