David Stockman, former Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget during the Reagan Administration, has in recent years become a prominent and…
In an open letter posted on Reddit, a first year Wall Street analyst is doing his part to help Occupy Wall Street — by explaining how some of the things they’re most upset about actually work.
“I’m writing this in hopes that the OWS movement ca…
November 21, 2011 6:39 pm
Biggs revises opinion on economy
By Dan McCrum in New York
Barton Biggs, the veteran strategist and investor, has warned that he was too optimistic on the prospects for economic recovery and that the outlook for the US stoc…
Crammer says if you weren’t 200% long going into the EU meeting, you’re not a great investor. I think when he says investor he’s really saying hedge fund speculator. Funny, I didn’t see Crammer telling everyone to go 200% long yesterday.
This isn’t…
Paulson Advantage Plus Down 47%
Oct 10 2011 | 2:34pm ET
In a year filled with red-soaked months, September may have been the worst for Paulson & Co.
The New York-based hedge fund suffered big losses in all of its hedge funds last month—including th…
MUCH as some businesses whine about government intrusion, others do pretty well out of it. An index based on the amount of lobbying that American firms do has outperformed the broader market since its creation in 2008; data going back to 1998 show t…
SOROS: Eurozone Crisis Could Be Worse Than Lehman
Gus Lubin | Sep. 7, 2011, 5:29 AM | 4,148 | 8
Legendary investor George Soros says the lack of central European authority could make this crisis worse than 2008. He tells the New York Times:
“This…
Private? Must be a trojan, although the advice doesn’t seem to be anything shocking.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903895904576542703587784540.html
(Edit: the above may be only a snippet. I’m not a WSJ subscriber, but I saw the ent…
Paulson’s hedge funds endure another rough month
On Thursday August 4, 2011, 2:33 pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge fund titan John Paulson’s flagship funds performed poorly in July and sank further into the red for the year.
The Paulson Advantage P…
BUSINESS
JULY 1, 2011, 6:02 P.M. ET.
Barton Biggs: U.S. Needs a Massive Public Works Program .
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Don’t expect the economy to perk up any time soon.
The U.S. and Europe are set to grow at an anemic pace for the foreseeable future unl…
