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Fed Up with Wall Street Shenanigans

May 12th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, Personal Investing
Fifty years from now, a generation of middle-school children will learn the ins and out of this economic disaster. They will learn about millions of arrogant, self-absorbed investors – both on Wall Street and Joe Schmos with e*Trade accounts – that lost their shirts by placing dumb bets on common ...read more

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Energy and Private Equity, Part I

Mar 20th, 2007 | By Byron King | Category: Macro Economics
I RECENTLY HAD occasion to deal with some people who are involved in the "private equity" (PE) side of the energy business. I am bound by a confidentiality agreement not to say too much about the details of their project. But I was surprised at how much money these people ...read more

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