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Monthly Archives: September 2013

THE FOUNDERS AND FINANCE

Posted on September 27, 2013 by ws-admin

A book recommendation for history buffs. Thomas McCraw of The Harvard Business School published this title last year just before his untimely death.  In it he focuses on how Alexander Hamilton and Albert Gallatin advocated and implemented policies that greatly … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic History

THE WEALTH EFFECT or MORE ON BUBBLES

Posted on September 27, 2013 by ws-admin

When people are wealthier and, more importantly, feel wealthier consumption spending increases.  This is dubbed the wealth effect.  Economists question how important the wealth effect actually is but John Makin of the American Enterprise Institute has no doubt that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Growth, Economic History, Uncategorized

SPIVA SCORECARD – Mid-Year 2013

Posted on September 26, 2013 by ws-admin

S&P Dow Jones Indices has just published S&P Indices versus Active Funds (SPIVA®) Scorecard as of 30 June 2013.  Highlights include “Most active managers in all the categories except small-cap growth underperformed their respective benchmarks for the trailing twelve months. … Continue reading →

Posted in Active v. Passive Management, Expected Returns, Investment Metrics

BUBBLES: TINY VERSUS TROUBLE

Posted on September 26, 2013 by ws-admin

Tiny bubbles…In the wine…Make me happy…Make me feel fine… In the world of asset bubbles and their collapse the feel good lyrics of the Don Ho classic are replaced by the dark paraphrase of Macbeth’s toil and trouble. A recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic History, Expected Returns

JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES – INVESTMENT SAVANT

Posted on September 17, 2013 by ws-admin

John Maynard Keynes was arguably the greatest, and certainly the most influential, economist of the 20th century.  Less well known is his record as investment manager for King’s College, Cambridge University. Two finance professors at one or the other Cambridge … Continue reading →

Posted in Active v. Passive Management, Economic History, Investment Science

COST and CONSEQUENCES of the FINANCIAL CRISIS

Posted on September 17, 2013 by ws-admin

The Dallas Federal Reserve Bank economics staff has published several estimates of the lost economic output from the financial crisis force multiplier in The Great Recession. The report, Assessing the Costs and Consequences of the 2007-09 Financial Crisis and Its … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Growth, Economic History

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE vs PARTICIPATION RATE

Posted on September 17, 2013 by ws-admin

Gavyn Davies, an economics columnist for the Financial Times, has articulated the dilemma facing the Fed in determining when to taper and by how much in his recent article, Lies, damned lies and the US unemployment statistics.  The next chair … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Growth

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