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Regulation of financial and securities markets is intended to protect investors while still enabling them to make personal investment decisions. Psychological phenomena, such as magical thinking, overconfidence, and representativeness heuristic can cause deviations from rational behavior and distort financial decision-making. However, regulation and regulatory bodies, such as the SEC, FDIC, and SIPC, most of which [...]

Introduction to collateralized debt obligations (to be listen to after series on mortgage-backed securities). Does the bailout have a chance of working? Credit Default Swaps Credit Default Swaps 2

Part I of the introduction to mortgage-backed securities Part II of the introduction to mortgage-backed securities More on mortgage-backed securities

This is one of 14 different videos if you have a home, thinking of buying a home or had a home and is now wondering why your living in a box. this is a good explanation of whats going on. When I’ve tired to read books on the subject I just get all con-foozed. because [...]

A report released today by Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business found that despite the 8 million Toyota vehicles recalled since October 2009, current Toyota owners are not yet wavering in their support of or satisfaction with the company.

Citation: G, Cardiff, The 10 books to help you understand the crisis, Jun 2009, Available at: http://tinyurl.com/qsfdoz, Accessed 11 March 2010 Not surprisingly, the number of books about the causes and consequences of the financial crisis has proliferated in recent months. To help our readers keep up, Financial News has compiled the following list of 10 finance [...]

Author: 戴伟高, 高频交易是私募壮大的最好选择, 期货日报, 2010-3-2 (可惜找不到原始文章的出处, 如果有同学找到了请告诉我) 中国期货私募的发展，缺乏A股那种从公募积累社会资源、个人财富和历练技能的条件。就是从其他方面募集到一些资金，也非常有限。操作方法基本是目前常见的实战型，这种方法管理少量资金还可以，而且收益十分不稳定，作为一个公司的投资策略风险很大，时间一长问题就出来了。规模稍微大些的期货私募，不局限于期货单一品种，而是组合投资分散资金，这种方法资金是关键。

This page contains a categorized list of the best economics blogs, with a description of and link to each one.

This page contains a categorized list of the best finance blogs, with a description of and link to each one. It is ongoing development, please submit a blog for consideration in this list, and check back soon Abnormal Returns The Aleph Blog The Big Picture The Conglomerate EconBrowser The Economics Roundtable Empirical Finance Research Eric [...]

When certain people talk, the world listens. No, we’re not talking about Donald Trump or Paris Hilton-we’re talking about people with real power. We’re talking about leaders whose very words have the power to cause stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange to decrease in value or make buying a house more expensive -power [...]