Here is an interesting video about the female factor in finance. It is not a completely feminist talk. She isn't saying that women are better, instead she is saying they are different. That difference creates a resistance to the type of herding behavior that has created bubbles and gotten us into trouble. Great video (here)
The Men's Bonnies won a huge game yesterday at Carnasecca Arena in New York City. Another late jumper from Nicholson put the Bonnies over the Johnnies in an exciting game. The article is (here) and you can link to video on ESPN 3. I also want to be the first to let you know that you should be checking the Bonnies website all day thursday in anticipation of an announcement. One of my teammates and roomates will receive credit that is well deserved. He has asked that I not share, so I won't but stay tuned to Gobonnies.com tomorrow to see the news.
How bad is this really getting? In an attempt to support Wiki Leaks, hackers have attacked websites like Mastercard and Visa. These two, along with a number of others who are outspokenly against what Julian Assange is doing are victims of these hackers attacks. They used twitter to own up to their attacks. Keep voting on the left whether or not you think Wiki Leaks is good four our country. Read the article (here).
Showing posts with label Wikileaks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wikileaks. Show all posts
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Stories of the Day 11/30/2010
Wikileaks' Julian Assange apparently has information on a major American Bank that is still running. The market seemed to suspect Bank of America today. Premiums on their Credit Default Swaps increased by 25 basis points and their stock dropped by more than 3%. All US banks took a hit today barring Citigroup, but Bank of America was seemingly most affected by the news. Check out the New York Times article (here) and we would love to hear your thoughts on if Wikileaks and Julian Assange are doing the right thing. Check out the poll above.
Good update of the days market stories. Europe debt crisis continues to drive these markets, as well as another security breach at Google scaring investors to sell out of their holdings in the tech firm. Check out the full article including an interesting note from the CBOE (here)
Bonaventure's Advanced Corporate Finance class just completed our project submissions earlier in the month. This blog is a result of that project. A couple of other students submitted some interesting projects as well. They are (here) and (here).
Kevin
Good update of the days market stories. Europe debt crisis continues to drive these markets, as well as another security breach at Google scaring investors to sell out of their holdings in the tech firm. Check out the full article including an interesting note from the CBOE (here)
Bonaventure's Advanced Corporate Finance class just completed our project submissions earlier in the month. This blog is a result of that project. A couple of other students submitted some interesting projects as well. They are (here) and (here).
Kevin
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