You may never tame lions or swim with the sharks, but you still have plenty of opportunities to act courageously every day. …
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Bonds Are on a Roll — Is it Time to Give Up on Stocks?
A well-known academic argues against stocks, even for the long run. But it feels a bit like arguing that Warren Buffett doesn’t know what he’s doing. Whose side would you take?
Will an Alternate Credit Score Help or Hurt Borrowers?
What if your credit score included things like rent payments, utility bills and tax obligations? What if it also told lenders if you’d ever borrowed using risky or subprime products? A new type of credit evaluation being rolled …
Study: No Sleep and You’re at Risk to Make Risky Financial Decisions
Here’s a research finding that the people running Vegas casinos seem to have known all along: When it comes to evaluating the risks of winning or losing money, sleep-deprived individuals tend to be more optimistic than their well-rested counterparts. No wonder casinos are open 24/7, no one ever knows what time it is, and the culture …
Stock Market Abandonment: Is the Shift to Conservative Investing Wise or Shortsighted?
A CNNMoney story says that there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of young investors willing to take on risk—meaning putting money into the stock market. In 2001, 30% of Americans younger than 35 said they were game for investments with substantial risks, with the idea that with great risk came great possibility of a bigger …
Of Employment, Weight Gain, Hunger, Risk, and Weird Economic Theories
Having a job may cause you to gain weight. Not having a job may also cause you to gain weight.
Is there a tradeoff between growth and security?
I’m back in the office on what is shaping up to be an extremely slow news day, which is why I find myself reading things like a little Q&A with economist Raghuram Rajan on the WSJ’s Real Time Economics blog. Here’s one of the Qs the resulting A:
How do you expect the U.S. model of capitalism to change as a result of the crisis? Can it
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