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Non-boring Thoughts on Credit Ratings

Bond investors that rely heavily on the ratings provided by agencies will be troubled by the Working Paper recently published by the Bank For International Settlements. Without drawing the conclusion directly, the BIS study shows clearly why those few investment managers that do their own independent and continuous research on the cash flows underlying each investment and its unique security structure can invest for the substantial benefit of their clients.

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Jim Clark, with his Netscape new issue, single-handedly changed the dynamics of venture capital. Traditional venture capital looked for huge potential cashflows that could be exploited. Jim Clark took to promoting new ideas and concepts that could be turned into huge riches through the financial alchemy of the hot new issue market of the late 1990s. MORE

When I first decided to read this book, I must admit it was with not a little trepidation with quotes like "When Alan Greenspan talks, the markets listen". The one genre of book that I despise is flattering biography. Given the widespread credit that Alan Greenspan has received for "engineering" the longest peacetime growth period in United States history, I feared a sycophantic summary of his powers and prescience. Much to my delight, not only was this not the case with this book, I found that I actually gained a very important insight into both Alan Greenspan and the economic impact of his actions. MORE

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