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Goldman Sachs: a Hedge Fund Managed by Traders?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Georges Ugeux

What became completely obvious for all the world to see is that Goldman Sachs is a hedge fund, and that it is only interested in clients as screens for their own proprietary trading activities.

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Professor David Colander Tells Congress Econ Models are Flawed

Damien Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Damien Hoffman

In addition to exposing a few absurd underlying economic presuppositions, Colander is helping shift incentives for professional economists toward engaging in more useful studies.

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'Trader': The 1987 Paul Tudor Jones Documentary (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The 1987 PBS documentary "Trader" has been circulating around the financial blogosphere in recent days. It's a look into the very 1980s life of Paul T...

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Neurofinance: Gaming the Human Brain?

N. E. Marsden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investments, U.S. Economy, Economics, Economic Crisis, Stock Market, Economy, Neuromarketing, Mortgage and Banking Crisis, Banking Crisis, Neuroeconomics, Neuroscience, Wall Street Crisis, Investment Strategy Investment Strategies, Stock Market Crash, Trader, Investment, Neurofinance, Analytics, Trading, Wall Street Bailout, Business News
N. E. Marsden

Wall Street has come up with a new twist on "insider trading": brain science. Neuroeconomics and Neurofinance give new meaning to the term "Pandora's Box."

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