Neil Barofsky, former special inspector for the U.S. Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program and Barry Ritholtz, chief executive officer of Fusion IQ, participate in a roundtable discussion about the role of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and financial regulations.
A new UK based study finds that 44% of Facebook users have never clicked on an ad and 31% rarely click on ads. Four out of five Facebook users—or more than 700 million—have never bought a product or service as a result of advertising or comments on the site.
Further, 34% of Facebook users spend less time now on the social network than six months ago, while only 20% spend more time now. See Facebook Ads simply do not work, new study finds.
Makes sense to me. I doubt that I have ever clicked on an ad on a website, indeed I find them extremely annoying and sites that have a lot of ads tend to be sites I avoid where ever possible.
Gary Shilling, president of A. Gary Shilling & Co., and a Bloomberg View columnist, talks about the outlook for the U.S. economy, housing prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy. Shilling also discusses investment strategy for Treasuries and the European financial crisis. Here is a direct link.
