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Predictable: hedge funds start freezing redemptions

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Danielle Park

There are many teachable moments in the present financial distress.  For one, it should be noted that long-always funds and managers did not stop accepting new client money nor piling it into recklessly priced assets in the last few years, … Continue reading →

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Good outcome from pandemic shock: buybacks have slowed dramatically

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Danielle Park

Corporations buying back their own shares was the largest source of equity demand manufactured in the 2009 to 2019 expansion cycle. Borrowing funds to do so was the go-to genius financial gimmick to boost prices and earnings per share. It … Continue reading →

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60 Minutes Australia: COVID-19 whistleblowers silenced by China

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Danielle Park

Travelling in Spain over Christmas, I came down with terrible flu: head and body aches, fever, violent dry cough, exhaustion. I was on the couch for a few days and coughing for a couple of weeks.  I did not pass … Continue reading →

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