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- Dollar Tsunami: The Wave May Be about to Crest
- Nick Gogerty submits: We live in oceanic times. Headwinds have led to uncharted waters which have created economic Tsunamis and 100 year credit storms etc. Metaphor abuse runs rampant. by Nick Gogerty
- External links 2008-11-04
- Hiring a New Money Manager (in Omaha)
- Nick Gogerty submits: Just an interesting thought experiment: Two fellows call you on the phone to offer their services as money managers for your fund of funds, or pension fund. They would like to meet with you as they are only down 20% in 2008 and are soliciting investors....
- External links 2008-11-10
- Dear Mr. Buffett: A Book Review with a Little 'Extra'
- Nick Gogerty submits: Janet Tavakoli is one of the top experts in the fields of structured finance. She is one of the most vocal critics of a system gone horribly wrong and saw disaster looming early on. She even tried to sound the alarm many times with an SEC...
- External links 2009-02-02
- Update on the Big Mac Index
- Nick Gogerty submits: The Economist has the Big Mac index as a tool for tracking currency parity. I have been an Economist fan for 20 years, probably my biggest addiction next to coffee. The index currently sits at $3.54 USD for a Big Mac. Considering the Share Prices of...
- External links 2009-03-06
- CDS Big Bang: Get Out Your Party Hats
- Nick Gogerty submits: Big Bang is an inauspicious nickname to say the least. On April 8th a "big bang" is set to occur in the Credit default swap world. This involves implementing and adhering to more standard protocols for settlement, auctions and centralized netting. Hopefully this...
- External links 2009-03-22
- The Green Re-cession: Via Demand Shock
- Nick Gogerty submits: A lot of people try to guess at true Chinese GDP using Electricity consumption as a proxy. Here is a little review of estimated US energy usage through since 1930. I can't vouch for the source Wattzon or data integrity, but it really makes...
- External links 2009-03-27
- A Visit to Kingdom Hedge Fund 2009
- Nick Gogerty submits: Talking about hedge funds collectively is like talking about living things in aggregate. To use a biological metaphor equivalent to the Linnaean system: Asset classes are equivalent to Kingdoms in the Taxonomic world. One hedge fund is like an "animal" to a degree, unfortunately...
- External links 2009-04-16
- A Central Banker 2.0 Proposal: The Berkshire Bill
- Nick Gogerty submits: This weekend is the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) annual meeting. As a native Iowan, I always like to see lads from the Midwest do well by doing right. So in the Swiftian tradition, I offer the following business proposal. by Nick Gogerty
- External links 2009-05-03
- Callwave Management: Proposed Transaction Officially Makes Them Dirtbags
- Nick Gogerty submits: Good taste in things is a rarity. Good taste in management is even rarer still. Out right stealing, yet another. If a management team offers to take a shareholder's $1 in cash and give them $0.70 in return, is that a breach in fiduciary...
- External links 2009-05-05
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- Book Analysis: Ed Thorpe's "Beat the Market"
- Nick Gogerty submits: I have been studying for the CAIA Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst exam coming up. It is a bit like the CFA but is only 2 exams and focuses on alternative investments. It may be geeky to admit but it is fun stuff. I used to build...
- External links 2008-09-02
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