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• Weekly Stock & Forex Market Wrap-up
• Administrative Bloat At American Universities
• I Want My SalesForce.com
• The Riskiest Pension Assets (and The Implications For Muni Bonds)

Weekly Stock & Forex Market Wrap-up Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:53 AM PDT Indicies US stocks started the new month far better than they ended August after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq posted their worst August performance since 2001, down 4.7% and 6.2% respectively. The Dow shed 4.3% for the month, its first down August in five years and the blue-chip measure's worst August since 2001. This past week, major bourses notched up a three-day rally to open September, the Dow ended up 2.93% at 10,447.93, the S&P 500 rose 3.75% to close at 1,104.51 and the … [visit site to read more]

Administrative Bloat At American Universities Posted: 05 Sep 2010 08:05 AM PDT Why is college tuition rising so much faster than prices in general, faster even than the unsustainable rise in home prices that led to a housing bubble (see top chart above)?  Well, here’s one explanation from the Goldwater Institutes’s report “Administrative Bloat at American Universities: The Real Reason for High Costs in Higher Education”: “Enrollment at America's leading universities has been increasing dramatically, rising nearly 15 percent between 1993 and 2007. But unlike … [visit site to read more]

I Want My SalesForce.com Posted: 05 Sep 2010 08:00 AM PDT This is a great video my friend shai Dardashti of http://valueinvestingresource.blogspot.com/ sent me. Very informative and funny two minute video which describes Wall Street culture. … [visit site to read more]

The Riskiest Pension Assets (and The Implications For Muni Bonds) Posted: 05 Sep 2010 07:58 AM PDT Great article about state pension problems in regards to private equity investments, by Robert Huebscher CEO of http://advisorperspectives.com. Reprinted here with permission. State finances are in trouble, and unfunded pension liabilities are largely to blame.  To assess the depth of those problems, look no further than what is likely the riskiest component of states' pension assets – their exposure to alternative investments and, in particular, to private equity. As I will discuss, … [visit site to read more]

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