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Americans need financial education, report says
By Herb Weisbaum, CNBC, Financial service companies spend billions of dollars a year marketing their products and services—credit cards, checking […]
Structured finance
Structured finance is a broad term used to describe a sector of finance that was created to help transfer risk […]
Ben Graham Centre – Value Investing Conference 2012 – VIDEO
From Ivey Business School YouTube Channel, YouTube Link: Lauren Templeton shares investing lessons and life wisdom from Sir John Templeton
Twitter IPO: Why a good trade be a bad investment (or vice versa)?
By Aswath Damodaran, In my last post, I valued Twitter at about $10 billion. I made a ton of assumptions […]
The Dark Side of Valuation: India Business Forum – VIDEO
By Aswath Damodaran, NYU Stern, Watch the YouTube Video – The Dark Side of Valuation
Fractional reserve banking
Fractional-reserve banking is the practice whereby a bank retains only a portion of its customers’ deposits as readily available reserves […]
Financial analyst
A financial analyst, securities analyst, research analyst, equity analyst, or investment analyst is a person who performs financial analysis for […]
83 Reasons We Love Warren Buffett
By Anand Chokkavelu, Motley Fool, Today is Warren Buffett’s 83rd birthday. Each year, I celebrate the Babe Ruth of Investing’s […]
The Investing Rule Every Math Geek Should Keep In Mind
The fancier the math one uses to justify an entrenched investment opinion, the more obscure and arcane the indicators employed, […]