Investing
Investing is the activity of forecasting the yield over the life of an asset. Using Benjamin Graham’s definition, "an investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative."
Inflation Versus Deflation Debate
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A couple of articles in this week's issue of Barrons discuss the possibility of deflation.
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Level Pay Notes and Funds
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Barclays Bank recently announced the launch of two new retirement income products:
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Hedging Tail Risk
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Interesting article in Bloomberg about Wall Street's focus on creating products and funds to hedge tail risk or extreme downside exposure:
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Earnings Growth Estimates
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An eye-opening statistic from McKinsey on the level of "optimism" among equity analysts when it comes to earnings growth estimates.
On average, corporate earnings growth estimates by equity analysts are 100 percent too high over the past 25 years...
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