Finance Banter http://www.financebanter.com/ The Business Banter Work en-ca feed@financebanter.com Copyright 2012 Paul J. Nolte Nolte Notes for the week of January 30, 2012 http://www.financebanter.com/article/nolte-notes-for-the-week-of-january-30-2012 http://www.financebanter.com/article/nolte-notes-for-the-week-of-january-30-2012

Maybe it is just a sign of age or the fact that I try to listen to the economic ramblings of the Federal Reserve, but I’m getting confused.

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:37:48 -0500 David Merkel Against Simple Valuation Metrics http://www.financebanter.com/article/against-simple-valuation-metrics http://www.financebanter.com/article/against-simple-valuation-metrics There have been a lot of articles dealing with use of corporate free cash flow lately

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:17:26 -0500 David Merkel On Financial Intermediation http://www.financebanter.com/article/on-financial-intermediation http://www.financebanter.com/article/on-financial-intermediation I appreciate Steve Randy Waldman, who writes the excellent blog Interfluidity.

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:23:33 -0500 Paul J. Nolte Nolte Notes for January 23, 2012 http://www.financebanter.com/article/nolte-notes-for-january-23-2012 http://www.financebanter.com/article/nolte-notes-for-january-23-2012 How good are things? Judging by the financial markets, happy days are indeed here again

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:11:09 -0500 Jeff Miller Weighing the Week Ahead: The State of the Union, Bernanke, Earnings http://www.financebanter.com/article/weighing-the-week-ahead-the-state-of-the-union-bernanke-earnings http://www.financebanter.com/article/weighing-the-week-ahead-the-state-of-the-union-bernanke-earnings Normally the State of the Union Address would be the focal point for the week's events.  In a general sense this is still true, but our focus in this weekly series is much narrower:  What will influence markets?

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:53:12 -0500 Team Banter Key Economic Releases for the week of January 23rd 2012 http://www.financebanter.com/article/key-economic-releases-for-the-week-of-january-23rd-2012 http://www.financebanter.com/article/key-economic-releases-for-the-week-of-january-23rd-2012 Courtesy: econoday.com

]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:45:16 -0500 David Merkel The Rules, Part XXIX http://www.financebanter.com/article/the-rules-part-xxix http://www.financebanter.com/article/the-rules-part-xxix Risk premiums should never be capitalized, they should only be taken into income as earned.

]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:27:51 -0500 Jeff Miller Why the average investor is bamboozled by recession forecasts http://www.financebanter.com/article/why-the-average-investor-is-bamboozled-by-recession-forecasts http://www.financebanter.com/article/why-the-average-investor-is-bamboozled-by-recession-forecasts I have a problem.  I cannot teach my research methods course in one short article - -not even the undergraduate version.

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:16:48 -0500 David Merkel On Predicting the Future http://www.financebanter.com/article/on-predicting-the-future http://www.financebanter.com/article/on-predicting-the-future I’ve long admired ECRI for their timely and accurate forecasts, and their willingness to stick by their models when things don’t seem to be immediately going their way.

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:12:30 -0500 Paul J. Nolte Nolte Notes for the week of January 16, 2012 http://www.financebanter.com/article/nolte-notes-for-the-week-of-january-16-2012 http://www.financebanter.com/article/nolte-notes-for-the-week-of-january-16-2012 It is as though the US markets (and economy) are channeling some Joe Walsh: “everybody’s so different, I haven’t changed”.

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