Analyzing The Herding Behavior Among Pension Funds Dirk Broeders De Nederlandsche Bank Damiaan H.J. Chen University of Amsterdam Peter Minderhoud De Nederlandsche Bank Willem Schudel De Nederlandsche Bank March 1, 2016 De Nederlandsche Bank Working... Read More

While non-performing loans (NPL) among banks in Spain is close to an all-time high at 11 percent, the real number is closer to 17 percent, a study from Exane BNP... Read More

When hedge fund managers look back on 2011, they will not be pleased by the unflattering losses that were accumulated throughout the year. On the contrary, 2012 is different,... Read More

Add legendary private equity investor Henry Kravis to the growing list of those publically warning about excessive leverage levels utilized by the largest and most politically powerful banks. Speaking at... Read More

When concocting password and retrieval questions, users select the easiest to answers, which are also easier for hackers to guess. Don't use the word "pizza" when answering what the favorite... Read More

Larry Kudlow’s nightly CNBC program, “The Kudlow Report,” is being canceled, according to Chris Ariens of TVNewser. Ever optimistic and conservative Kudlow Kudlow had been the program’s conservative talk show... Read More

It is natural that people who run service industries tend to think that they provide a unique service, with the enthusiasts amongst the ranks opting for ‘truly unique’, and,... Read More

There were big hedge funds winners in November, a Deutsche Bank prime brokerage report notes, with a non-correlated strategy taking the lead as we pull into the final month of... Read More

Following reports published on Monday that a trio of Indian state-run oil companies had placed a $5 billion bid for stakes in ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP)’ Canadian assets; responses from the... Read More

Pershing Square is not giving up in its two year (or so) campaign against Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF). Bill Ackman is presenting today "The American Dream Denied: Herbalife Victims Speak... Read More