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Are New Trends Starting to Emerge?

"amongst Asia ex-Japan't top 100 companies by market capitalization, 84 are finance or commodity related stocks."
GaveKal, July 2008

Ad Hoc Comment on Market Resilience

I mean, honestly, if I had come here a year ago and announced that the world would see a liquidity crunch such as we have never seen before, that Bear Sterns, Countrywide (a company which at its height issued 20% of US mortgages) and Northern Rock would all hit the wall.
Gavekal, June 6th 2008

Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond

A comprehensive history of market-shaping industries, such as-electricity, the railroad, the telephone, the computer, their early perceptions and impact on investors.
Wiley, John & Sons, December 2001 , Sandy Nairn

Patterns of Speculation: A Study in Observational Econophysics

Roehner (physics, U. of Paris VII, France) applies statistical methodologies from physics to empirical economic phenomena, building a theoretical framework for the explanation of how stock bubbles grow. He argues that there are common patterns in speculative periods from the past couple centuries and attempts to discover qualitative and quantitative regularities in the organization and evolution of speculative markets.
Cambridge University Press, July 2005 , Bertrand M. Roehner

Is it a Bull, Bear or Cowardly Lion Market?

For the next dozen years or so the US broad stock markets will be a wild roller-coaster ride. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index will go up and down (and in the process will set all-time highs and multiyear lows), stagnate, and trade in a tight range. At some point during the ride, index investors and buy and hold stock collectors will realize that their portfolios aren't showing much of a return.
Thoughts from the Frontline Weekly Newsletter, April 11, 2008 , John Mauldin

Random thoughts on professional investors

"Increasingly, professional investors are well trained. They all went to good schools and studied the same textbooks."
Managing Your Investment Manager: Complete Guide to Selection, Measurement, and Control (Hardcover), Irwin Professional Pub; 3 Sub edition, January 1, 1992 , Arthur Williams III

Vietnam: Next to Go!

...or what happens when liquidity runs out...
Investments Office, 04.04.08 , Ronald Weber

AMBAC and MBIA analysts silence

One can't fail to notice that (-90% later) there is not a single analysts sell rating on either MBIA or Ambac! A disturbing silence in my opinion.
Investments Office , R. Weber

Sarcastic thoughts on Fortune's most admired companies

"Morgan Stanley is ``World Wise.'' Citigroup Inc. and its Smith Barney subsidiary can show investors ``The way forward.'' E*Trade Financial Corp. is so good that it can ``earn six times the national average for savings'' for investors smart enough to entrust it with their money. Merrill Lynch & Co. is the ``Derivatives House of the Year.'' "
Excerpts from Bloomberg - January 9, 2008 , Susan Antilla

How I Became a Quant: Insights from 25 of Wall Street's Elite

Finance is a beautiful field. First, it touches everything, so it has a license to explore the world. Second, there is more data in finance than any field I can think of. Third, the path from data analysis to the implementation of business ideas is incredibly fast. Fourth, if you can deduce something useful, you get paid.
Wiley, John & Sons, July 2007 , Richard Lindsey (Editor), Barry Schachter, Barry Schachter (Editor)