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| Subject: Nobel prize in economics The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics (Swedish: Nobelpriset i ekonomi), is an award for outstanding contributions to the science of economics and is generally considered one of the most prestigious awards for that science. (Wikipedia Jan 2010) Phony financial reform By John Schroy, on July 17th, 2010 |  2 comments  Unfortunately, instead of a ‘game-changing’ confidence-inspiring reform, the Obama administration presented the United States with the Dodd-Frank Act — a legislative miscarriage that has the potential to hold back recovery and impair the position of New York as a world financial center for decades — unless repealed or drastically amended. July 17th, 2010 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, complexity, Corporate Governance, Derivative Strategy, dividends, Economic Recovery, efficient market hypothesis, eurosystem, executive stock options, Great Depression, Jeff Skilling, Nobel prize in economics, Pecora Commission, pension plans, rating agencies, risk, Stock Buybacks, sub-prime mortgages, US Congress | Category: Financial Market Regulator, featured | 2 comments |  Short urlCommonsense Economics: By John Schroy, on May 16th, 2010 | 3 comments  Eventually, at some point, without an efficient market, common stocks become mere baseball cards. Sooner or later, some Baby Boomer, pressed to pay his bills in retirement, will find that one can’t live off the dividends of common stock and that when everyone is trying to cash out their holdings at the same time, market prices plunge to levels that seemed inconceivable for generations. But it will simply be the cost of allowing an inefficient market to flourish for so long. This article discusses the concept of inefficient markets and the practical consequences. May 16th, 2010 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Baby Boomers, Benjamin Graham, Common Stock, dividends, Dow Jones, efficient market hypothesis, Eugene Fama, executive stock options, Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Economics, index funds, Inflation, intrinsic value, liquidity, mark-to-market, Morningstar, Nobel prize in economics, price earnings ratios, Real Estate, S&P 500, SEC Rule 10b-18, Stock Buybacks, Technical Analysis, US SEC | Category: New Economic Theory, featured | 3 comments | Short url2000-2005 By John Schroy, on June 29th, 2006 | Leave a comment  Wall Street ballyhoo and flim-flam to the contrary, the year 2005 closed-out half a decade of misery and pain for the average investor in US equities. Average cash dividend yields never surpassed 3.8% during the period, and most of this meager dribble, so grudgingly conceded by corporate boards, was consumed by taxes and management expenses of the open-end mutual funds. June 29th, 2006 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: common stock legend, dividends, executive stock options, Harvard Business School, Martha Stewart, mutual funds, Nobel prize in economics, US SEC, US taxation | Category: Stock Buybacks, featured | Leave a comment | Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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