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By James Kwak I’m starting teaching at the UConn law school this fall, so I got a folder of information in the mail about my retirement plan. UConn professors have a choice between a defined benefit plan (SERS, in which … Continue reading →
USA TODAYFacebook IPO a cautionary tale for individual investorsUSA TODAYAs a result, Gupta and countless other retail investors — who were allotted an unprecedented 25% of Facebook IPO shares — again found themselves on the losing side of a Wall-S…
Moneycontrol.comThe Facebook IPO dance was not about investing for the long term, though the …The Seattle TimesMeanwhile, if the conversations about Facebook's revenues were done by telephone or over cocktails, it is unclear that anyone broke the…
NEWS.com.auFacebook IPO — How Wall Street Lost the Retail Investor, AgainHuffington Post (blog)They had this one grand chance in the Facebook IPO to try to restore some of the investor confidence that has been lost in the last four years of bank bailo…
Faceplant: 4 lessons from the Facebook IPOFox BusinessBy Richard Barrington The Facebook IPO is shaping up as one of the biggest opening flops in stock market history. By the end of its third day of trading, the stock was down by more than 18 percent f…
JP Morgan Unit Made Risky Bets on FirmsWall Street JournalThe investing in distressed companies isn't related to the loss-making trading connected to a London employee known as "the London Whale," and there is no evidence it contributed t…
In the years leading up to JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss, risk managers and some senior investment bankers raised concerns that the bank was…
ValueWalkEddie Lampert: This Is A Very Difficult Time To Be Investing In RetailForbesHOFFMAN ESTATES, IL – JUNE 21: A sign marks the entrance to the headquarters campus of Sears Holding Corporation on June 21, 2011 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. (Image …
Warren Buffett on CNBC: ‘Not Clear’ Europe Has Will or Ability to Resolve Crisis
Published: Monday, 14 Nov 2011 | 6:18 AM ET
Warren Buffett says it’s not clear Europe has the will or ability to do “whatever it takes” to resolve its debt crisis.
He …
