Capital Markets and Investments Ideas at Work Articles
March 30, 2012

Valuing Insurance Firms

New research shows which relative valuation models are best applied to insurance companies.

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December 28, 2011

Trade and Credit

A lagging consumer appetite, not a tight market for lending, is the main cause of the plunge in exports during the global recession.

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October 31, 2011

The Value of an Invisible Guarantee

Better, more accurate disclosure of securitization transactions may help to reduce uncertainty about the value of financial institutions.

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October 31, 2011

Can the Euro Be Saved?

David O. Beim

Only radical action can solve Europe's sovereign debt crisis.

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July 22, 2011

Wait and See, at a Cost

New research shows that investors may lose out on potential returns by waiting too long to capitalize on new opportunities, seeking assurance in others' taking the first risk.

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June 24, 2011

Momentum Crashes

Hedge investment risk in momentum strategies by anticipating periodic momentum crashes.

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May 25, 2011

Untangling Skill and Luck

Michael Mauboussin explains how to improve decision making — and outcomes — by understanding how both contribute to our most important undertakings.

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May 25, 2011

Value Investing's Long Run

Bruce Greenwald

What the gradual turn away from modern portfolio theory holds for value investing.

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May 25, 2011

What Do Financial Economists Have to Say About "Value"?

Tano Santos

Why practitioners of value investing and academics who study it have more to learn from each other than they think.

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