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| Category: Security Analysis The Enron scandal By John Schroy, on July 7th, 2006 |  One comment  Unfortunately for society, Jeff Skilling of Enron told the truth according to tenets of moral relativism learned at the Harvard Business School and with McKinsey and Company, when, on being sentenced to decades in prison, he said, “That’s the way the game is played. You win some, you lose some.” Skilling was a representative of corporate executives of his time. He did not work alone, nor was he an isolated ‘bad apple’. July 7th, 2006 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: Adam Smith, CFA, Corporate Governance, CPA, Derivative Strategy, Enron, executive stock options, Harry Markowitz, Harvard Business School, Jeff Skilling, John Maynard Keynes, Ken Lay, Leverage, Long Term Capital Management, McKinsey, Miller and Modigliani, Myron Scholes, risk, Robert Merton, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, securitization | Category: Security Analysis, featured | One comment |  Short urlUS Equity Market By John Schroy, on March 6th, 2006 | Leave a comment  On January 28, 2006, an Associated Press dispatch proclaimed: “Corporate Earnings Good Despite Headlines”, stating that “corporate profits remain very healthy overall, and the majority of corporations are beating expectations.” Are these assertions true and does this mean that the outlook is rosy for the average investor in US equities? This article argues that the answer depends on who you are. March 6th, 2006 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Asset-lite Movement, cash flows, Corporate Governance, depreciation, dividends, earnings-per-share, executive stock options, Legg Mason, pension plans, price earnings ratios, profits, Stock Buybacks, US SEC, US taxation | Category: Security Analysis | Leave a comment | Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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