22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Economists Confirm Financial Aid Is Inflating Student Loan Bubble
Economists Confirm Financial Aid Is Inflating Student Loan Bubble
Submitted by Samuel Bryan via SchiffGold.com,
A paper recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research confirms that a large percentage of the increase in college tuition can be explained by increases in the amount of available financial aid.
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Turing Pharma seeks CEO to replace Shkreli, plans job cuts
Turing Pharma seeks CEO to replace Shkreli, plans job cuts
Shkreli, 32, resigned as CEO on Friday, a day after his arrest on charges that he had engaged in a Ponzi-like scheme. On Monday, KaloBios Pharmaceuticals said Shkreli was “terminated” as CEO and had resigned from the board. Turing did not specify the number of job cuts in a statement.
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dollar edges down as mixed US data provide few catalysts
Dollar edges down as mixed US data provide few catalysts
The dollar dipped on Wednesday after data overnight painted a mixed picture of the U.S. economy, with major currency pairs bobbing in narrow ranges.
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Top clicks this year on Abnormal Returns: 2015 edition
Top clicks this year on Abnormal Returns: 2015 edition
Top clicks this year on Abnormal Returns
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Foursquare Is Now Twosquare: Latest Tech Bubble Casualty Has Valuation Slashed By 60%
Foursquare Is Now Twosquare: Latest Tech Bubble Casualty Has Valuation Slashed By 60%
First it was Dropbox.
In late October ago we reported that one of the numerous “unicorns” prancing around Silicon Valley was about to have a very rude wake up call when Dropbox was warned by its investment bankers that it would be unable to go public at a valuation anywhere near close to what its last private round (which had most recently risen to $10 billion from $4 billion a year ago) valued it at.
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US personal consumption up 0.3% in Nov
US personal consumption up 0.3% in Nov
U.S. consumer spending rose in November by 0.3 percent, according to data inadvertently released early by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Equity Markets Will Be Increasingly Accident Prone In 2016
Equity Markets Will Be Increasingly Accident Prone In 2016
BofAML’s Economics of Volatility framework has been anticipating the 2015 starting point to a turn in volatility for the last two years. From here on we expect to see a rising trend in equity volatility levels, a trend that could last 1-2 years, transporting us from the low volatility regime of the last 3 years towards a sustained high volatility regime.
The Economics of Volatility framework – a quick refresher