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Why aren’t we seeing any suicides on Wall Street?

September 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off

Slate Explainer, Why aren’t we seeing any suicides on Wall Street?:

“Tall tales about panicked speculators leaping to their deaths have become part of the popular lore about the Great Crash. But although jumping from bridges or buildings was the second-most-popular form of suicide in New York between 1921 and 1931, the “crash-related jumping epidemic” is just a myth.”

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‘Naakt short gaan’ is een oud-Hollands kunstje

July 25th, 2008 · Comments Off

NRC, ‘Naakt short gaan’ is een oud-Hollands kunstje:

“Hoewel naked short selling de laatste jaren een vlucht lijkt te nemen met de komst van hedgefondsen en zogenoemde riskarbitragefondsen (die speculeren op koersdalingen vlak voor de presentatie van cijfers of groot nieuws), is het fenomeen bijna vierhonderd jaar oud. Het eerste geval van marktmisbruik door naakt short gaan dateert uit 1609 en is uitgevonden door een Nederlander, de handelaar Isaac Le Maire, grootaandeelhouder in de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC.”

Meer over Isaac le Maire.

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AMEX Defense Index

September 27th, 2007 · Comments Off

The Amex Defense Index
FP Passport:

“It’s often said that financial markets hold no values. They strive only for maximum efficiency—making the most money with the least exposure to risk. If this is true, the war in Iraq is far from over.”

AMEX Defense Index

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