Archive for the ‘Taxes’ Category

INSTINCT VERSUS ABILITY

Monday, May 4th, 2009

The finance industry’s basic instinct focuses on hiring the best performing stars, and that may include closing eyes to certain work or character defects. One error is that the “star” bank trader or fund manager is really a shooting-star, one that burns up and disappears from sight. Empirical results show ...

PUBLIC STANDARDIZED TRANSACTIONS

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

A private transaction is not generally reported in the news or to any price-reporting service. Forward contracts are private contracts. Just as in most legal contracts, the parties do not publicly report that they have engaged in a contract. In contrast, a futures transaction is reported to the futures exchange, ...