Capital Markets and Investments Ideas at Work Articles
March 09, 2009

The Disaster Premium

Severe — but infrequent — drops in consumer spending may explain why stocks yield higher returns than bonds.

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January 26, 2009

Guiding monetary policy with accountable autonomy

Assessing the work of the Federal Reserve, Frederic Mishkin contends that communication and transparency must counterbalance the necessary independence of a strong central bank.

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January 26, 2009

Too small to fail?

Innovative, upstart ventures have a crucial role to play in economic recovery, says Michael A. M. Keehner, who suggests it may be time to give entrepreneurs a stimulus package of their own.

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December 17, 2008

Assessing the shorting ban

Short sellers are often targets in a down market, but without them, argues Charles Jones, prices are off the mark.

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October 31, 2008

Grappling with risk, the new
value-investing way

Bruce Greenwald, director of the School's Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing, shares insights on risk management gleaned from today's value investors.

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October 10, 2008

Can Residual Income Distinguish between Earnings Growth Derived from Productivity Improvements and Investment-Driven Growth?

Differentiating between productivity-driven growth and investment-driven growth leads to a profitable trading strategy.

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August 22, 2008

Retirement gain, without pain

An online tool helps consumers make better retirement choices by demonstrating likely outcomes of their investment decisions.

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June 13, 2008

Making the grade with mentoring

Jonah Rockoff examines data from New York City’s public schools to assess whether mentor programs — increasingly used in the private as well as the public sector — reduce employee turnover and improve productivity.

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June 13, 2008

The Execution Game

A strategic model shows how to buy or sell a large position most efficiently.

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