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Just a women’s issue

…this year. The bill aims to break the link between resource exploitation and armed conflict in eastern Congo by requiring companies trading minerals with Congo or neighboring states to disclose…

Herds and rational behavior

…unchanged issues to total issues traded has fallen significantly since July, 2007, so it’s not just decimalization that has led to the shift. Program trading and the inclusion of more…

Nate Silver invades our turf

…frequently, so, I’m not sure this is a problem for him. That is, for all I know, at least one share of every Dow index company was traded every trading

Ratings, Stocks, and Credibility

…dividend. The stock is trading at $12/share as I type. That’s a yield of 10.31%, per MarketWatch. The 30-year Treasury, as I write (presumably the Friday close) is yielding 3.32%….

Real Keynesians understand imbalanced trade

…outlines with one crucial condition: if the trading partners are unwilling to act jointly, Washington will have to proceed unilaterally. A grand bargain could start with US agreement to serve…

Reads of the Day for the start of 2009

trading up for several more months. If a market “regulates” but no one notices, does it make the WSJ? Brad Setser finishes the destruction of Tyler Cowen’s LTCM “argument” begun…

Barter part 1

…a typical example? Philippine trading manager placing a barter/counter-purchase offer in an Estonian trade site. China and Russia have recently increased use of a barter system on some items for…

How did Lehman manage that ?

Robert Waldmann A commenter over at naked capitalism notes that $110b of senior LEH debt went from trading .95 to .12 in a matter of days …. If you include…