Posts Tagged ‘gfc’

Posted on Jan 06, 2012 Last Updated Jan 06, 2012 Posted by From Behind the Hedge
from behind the hedge What Would Keynes Do?

The philosopher and economist John Maynard Keynes is simultaneously held up as a genius or a goose, depending on who you listen to. Keynes central thesis was one of a mixed economy, principally private but with significant public sector input to regulate and stabilise output over the business cycle. He espoused this (and many other ideas) in his 1936 tome, ‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money’.

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Posted on Nov 24, 2011 Last Updated Nov 24, 2011 Posted by Aaron
Aaron Lynch Downside Risk – Measuring Trends

The current position of the Australian equity market suggests a downtrend in the short-term (small picture) with the long–term (bigger picture) trends starting to turn too. What we need is a simple strategy that enables investors or traders to make decisions to move money with the main trends, rather than against them. Something to cut through all the ‘noise’ in the markets.

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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 Last Updated Nov 22, 2011 Posted by From Behind the Hedge
from behind the hedge Are CEOs Worth Their Millions?

Nothing highlights the problem of corporate excess more acutely than executive remuneration. The top couple of tiers of management of the bigger listed companies pocket millions in short-term bonuses, long-term bonuses and stock options. Some even have a salary too!. While most people, especially long-suffering shareholders, think the multi-million dollar pay packet merry-go-round is obscene, there seems to be no way of stopping or even slowing it.

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Posted on Nov 11, 2011 Last Updated Nov 11, 2011 Posted by Jordan
Jordan Craw Why Drop the Up-Tick Rule?

What was the SEC thinking leading up to July 6th 2007? That is the day when the uptick rule – a rule in place since 1934 to help keep markets orderly – was removed. Famous Investor Lazlo Birinyi has been among those calling for its reinstatement for some time and has been joined by several members of US congress.

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Posted on Nov 04, 2011 Last Updated Nov 04, 2011 Posted by Lachlan
Lachlan McPherson Occupy Wall Street Part II. How It All Began.

Last week’s article generated a lot of feedback on tradingtutors.com, which has prompted me to write a follow-up piece dissecting the root-cause of the protests. The Global Financial Crisis triggered the worst market downturn since the great depression. And ‘triggered’ is a wholly appropriate verb because the US in particular was well on its way to economic implosion anyway. The financial processes that fuelled the GFC had been building for years and the crash was a stark reminder that irresponsible actions have consequences.

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