Excerpted from Dynamic Real Estate Investment Risk Management: Practical Value Creation Strategies for Volatile Markets by Darin Bifani When most people think about investing, the prospect of gain is often... read more

With the slow economy in recent weeks, we have seen many mergers and buyouts taking place. From defense contractors, who manufacture rocket engines for the space program, to American International... read more

Tiger cubs have been increasing their bets against the digital security solutions provider, Gemalto NV (EPA:GTO). There was remarkable coordination in the way in which Steve Mandel's Lone Pine... read more

Financial technology start-ups (fintechs) can expand well beyond the confines of payments and consumer credit by extending the use of data and frictionless processes, notes Santander. Santander InnoVentures published a... read more

Global Inequality Reaches Levels Not Seen in Nearly 200 Years by Deirdre Fulton, CommonDreams Global income inequality has returned to levels recorded in the 1820s—when the Industrial Revolution produced sizable... read more

GS: Beware Of Cash Flow Manipulation There has been plenty of coverage about the fact that equities are trading close to record valuations on most traditional metrics vs. history... read more

Benjamin Graham: RULES FOR APPRAISAL OF COMMON STOCK FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES Below is a carbon copy of Benjamin Graham’s lecture notes on his 11 rules for appraising stocks. You can... read more

China has become a metaphor. It represents a certain phase of economic development, which is driven by low wages, foreign appetite for investment and a chaotic and disorderly development,... read more

Brent crude prices have been on an upswing in recent months, and most people assume this is because of rising tensions in Libya and continuing problems in Nigeria. However,... read more

LST is currently in the mood to play some late night macro jazz, so will jot down below a few (incoherent) thoughts regarding none other than… zee barbaric relic,... read more