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Private Equity: A Force for Good, or Evil?
Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney has been under a lot of pressure recently because of his private equity experience. Much of this negative media attention stems from certain assumptions about the...
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Congress Finally Does Something Right
Last November, I alerted readers to the hypocrisy that “members of Congress are not subject to insider trading laws, despite having access to far more material, non-public information than the average...
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Catching a Falling Knife: The Hazards of California Real Estate
Source: Adapted from zillow.com When I returned to the San Francisco Bay Area in July 2006, real estate prices were absurd. At the time, I had also saddled myself with a massive amount of school loans....
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The Overbearing Heaviness of Regulation
This week’s edition of The Economist has an excellent article on over-regulation in the United States, and how it is stifling economic growth. For example, America’s share of initial public offerings...
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The Practical Impact of Declining Home Prices
Source: Adapted from CNN and National Association of Realtors Today, CNN reported that home prices reached their lowest point in more than 10 years. According to the National Association of Realtors,...
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Is President Obama Responsible for High Gas Prices?
Today, a conservative advocacy group launched the previous ad to coincide with President Obama’s two-day tour promoting his energy policy. The ad contains a number of data points that lend credence to...
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Romney Visits Solyndra
What’s worse, a private equity firm that invests millions of dollars for sophisticated private investors in a company that ultimately fails, or a government program that allocates tax payer dollars...
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Top 10 Predictions for 2012: Results
In 2011, I started this blog with my top 10 predictions for 2011. I also polled readers on these same predictions. At the end of that year, my accuracy rate was 40%, while my readers were right 50% of...
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Top 10 Predictions for 2013
Two years ago, I started this blog with my top 10 predictions for 2011. I also polled readers on these same predictions. At the end of the year, my accuracy rate was 40%, while my readers were right...
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Top 10 Predictions for 2013: Results
Three years ago, I started this blog with my top 10 predictions for 2011. I also polled readers on these same predictions. At the end of the year, my accuracy rate was 40%, while my readers were right...
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