Posts Tagged ‘money advice’
Payday loans and equity market performance
Friday, October 30, 2009 22:13 Comments OffThe high correlation between M&A activity and equity market performance clearly shows that M&A was a major driver of the equity bubble of the late 1990s. Sometimes even mergers that did not create synergies were rewarded by rising stock prices on the side of the overtaking parties. It was obvious that not every merger was [...]
Utility-maximizing behavior of real estate investors
Sunday, October 25, 2009 16:14 Comments OffTversky and Kahneman and Shiller argue that the assumption of rational, utility-maximizing behavior of investors is frequently violated in real life. They also show that these anomalies can be predicted and that they result from the use of simple heuristics to facilitate the process of decision-making. Sophisticated investors can benefit from this fact if they [...]
URO reached 1.60 U.S. dollars
Friday, September 26, 2008 10:11 Comments OffThe EURO has in comparison to the U.S. dollar, a new record high of 1.6038 U.S. dollars reached, and thus an absolute highlight of the EURO since there are marked. The euro had in April of this year once the mark of 1,60 exceeded, but turned back at 1.6019 U.S. dollars to bottom.
Experts see the [...]