If academic researchers want to quantify the value of lobbying they can usually look at how much different companies spend on it (controlling for size, industry, and other factors) and compare outcomes to get a sense of how effective it was. But pinning a dollar value on corruption, aside from being more controversial, is a lot harder for the simple reason that no one is going to report an illegal tit-for-tat.
This is part 2 of a multi-part post on Eric Boughton, the Chief Analyst at Matisse Capital. In this post, Eric explains why inflows and outflows matter and what... read more
StreetAccount: Brexit Vote Aftermath by FactSet
Via FactSet StreetAccount
Britain's surprise vote to leave the EU dominated the headlines over the weekend. The biggest takeaway from the press coverage revolved around... read more
Jim Rogers Fund Made 4,200% While The S&P 500 Only Returned 47% by Lars Haugen
I recently re-read the book “Street Smarts” by Jim Rogers. It’s an excellent book. In... read more
Ramius Archview Credit and Distressed Fund, led by Jeff Jacob and John Humphrey, had a strong third quarter, up 5.59% and making the fund’s year, up 5.70%. Many of... read more
It is a busy week for Elon Musk - Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) says it will need to raise more money for its new plans (shocker), the Gigafactory -... read more
ValueWalk's Raul Panganiban interviews Mitchell Kovitz, Founder and Principal of Kovitz Investment Group, and with Joel Hirsh, Principal and Portfolio Manager at Kovitz Investment Group. In this part Mitchell... read more
Despite their self-proclaimed independent status, ratings agencies are more likely to influence than merely act as observers. This has been only too evident in the role the agencies played... read more
It wasn’t long ago that senior management at Elliott Management, a hedge fund that has been widely critical of the topic rarely discussed in media – unregulated derivatives that... read more
