Monthly Archives: February 2012

Hard times for hedge fund investors

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Danielle Park

After a bad week for alternative asset managers, John Authers, Long View columnist and James Mackintosh, investment editor, discuss hedge funds’ long term performance and why it’s a good time to be a hedge fund manager but not to be … Continue reading →

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Sipping perrier at the bush party

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Danielle Park

Some articles today worth considering: Deleveraging will take over as everyone runs out of ammunition Lacy Hunt on The roadblock to recovery ECRI recession call: growth index contraction eases (good charts) Pimco’s Mohamed El- Erian on this morning’s stronger than … Continue reading →

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What we all can learn from Iceland’s default

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Danielle Park

As the first country to experience the full force of the global debt crisis, Iceland opted to default and not enslave its taxpayers in perpetuity to bail out the banks. (You can read more about Iceland’s path to financial destruction … Continue reading →

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