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Equities Roundup: Outlook for Profits May Be Cloudy, But Abandoning Stocks?...
Global equity markets posted solid, and in some cases spectacular, gains in the first quarter of 2012. Investor euphoria was short-lived, however, as focus in recent weeks has turned to renewed fears...
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The Unintelligent Investment? Gauging Facebook’s IPO Through the Lens of...
Investors who bought shares in the recent public offering should have first consulted the authors of Security Analysis, who wrote that the intrinsic value of a security is “that value which is...
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Top Five Articles from May
Top posts from last month included articles on JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion loss, recent 13F filings, and the opportunities in frontier markets. Read more →
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Ethics and Social Media: Four Key Considerations for Investment Professionals
While some governments have provided guidance to the investment industry about the use of social media, many countries have yet to issued regulations. Regardless of what local bodies dictate, the CFA...
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Aswath Damodaran on Applying the Tools of Corporate Valuation
For Facebook’s share price, Professor Aswath Damodaran of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University sees investors confusing corporate valuation with market pricing. Damodaran will...
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Weekend Reading for Financial Advisers: Loss Aversion, Goldman Sachs, and Ted...
Lauren Foster her shares top picks for the most interesting recent articles, radio shows, and video clips. Read more →
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Equities: My Five Top Articles from 2012
David Larrabee, CFA, rounds up his favorite articles on equity investments from 2012. Read more →
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What Ails the IPO Market?
Global IPO proceeds declined by 27.8% in 2012. And while last year’s sharp decline was largely attributed to weakness in China and continued fallout from the sovereign debt crisis, it also appears to...
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Using Social Network Effects to Enrich Yourself Like Facebook Does
Not all professional networks are created equal. But they can be shaped to improve leadership and analyzed for investment insights, says Northwestern University's Brian Uzzi. Read more
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Linkfest: Housing pain at pre-crisis levels; Oil, gold booms fade;...
Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear...
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Weekend Reads for Investors: Will It Be a June Swoon for Stocks?
A sharp sell-off in Japanese stocks and indications that the US Federal Reserve will consider tapering its monthly bond purchases combined to drag global equity indices lower in recent weeks. Whether...
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Linkfest: Crisis housing bets pay off; Online financial advice shakeout;...
Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear...
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The Facebook IPO: Ethical Violations or Not?
More than a year has passed since the initial public offering of Facebook. The hype that preceded the US$105 billion IPO was matched only by the media frenzy that followed the stock’s botched trading...
View ArticleLinkfest: JPMorgan’s China, Twitter woes; Yellen’s confirmation; ‘Messaging’...
Today’s most shared: JPMorgan’s efforts to woo China leaders, Twittersphere go awry… Yellen confirmation hearings… Snapchat secure messaging (a/k/a sexting) startup flirts with Facebook, spurns $3b...
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Why Financial Advisers Need to Use Social Media
April Rudin, founder and CEO of the Rudin Group, has some compelling reasons for financial advisers to develop a social media presence. Read more
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The Market Needs to Rise Again before It Peaks
Last week’s post hinted that this week I would discuss where are we on the track to a major peak, an issue that I have been concerned about for some time. History suggests that those who use a crystal...
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Weekend Reads for Investors: A Building Froth in Stocks
There is a speculative froth building in US stocks that is hard to ignore these days. Facebook was motivated to pay $19 billion for mobile messaging firm WhatsApp in order to gain access to their...
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Basic Adviser Strategies for Social Media: Carving out a Niche
According to Michael Kitces of Pinnacle Advisory Group, “social media” is just a new term for the basic networking activities that financial advisers have been using for their entire careers. Read more
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The Market Needs to Rise Again before It Peaks
History suggests that those who use a crystal ball to predict the future are often forced to eat crushed glass. It is useful is to cogitate about what can happen in the future aside from a mere...
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For Facebook’s share price, Professor Aswath Damodaran of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University sees investors confusing corporate valuation with market pricing. Damodaran will...
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