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How QE2 could cause low investment

…being CEO of a diversified portfolio of firms. This means that uncertainty about the returns on fixed capital causes lower investment. Fortunately, managers can hedge this risk by buying medium…

Yellin’ at Yellen II

…on the elasticity of demand for those assets. The elasticity of demand for assets should depend on the covariance of their returns wwith that of the market portfolio. 7 year…

The Event Horizon

…Federal Reserve officials made note of the possibility of a further expansion of the portfolio. Consequently, when the Committee announced in early November that it intended to purchase an additional…

Blue investing?

…Brennan, a portfolio manager for Summit Global Management, a $450 million-in-assets San Diego–based firm that has a water hedge fund as well as a water-rights fund — a private investment…