This isn’t the kind of financial journalism i expect from nytimes. Today, they have an article titled “Conventional Wisdom, Foiled Again“. The article refers to a study conducted by a couple of professors who find that those stocks which have been dropped from Russel 2000 index tend to perform better then their replacement over a [...]
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A poor case of financial journalism by NYTimes
Posted in Financial Markets, Investment, Media, Stockmarket, tagged Conventional wisdom, financial journalism, financial media, Foiled Again, NYTimes on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Economy - The sound of shattered conventional wisdom
Posted in Economy, Financial Markets, Investment, Stockmarket, tagged commodity markets, Conventional wisdom, Credit card APR, Economic Conventional wisdom, FED Funds rate, Financial Markets, Gold, inflation rate, Oil, stock markets, US Economy on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Given the way most economic predictions are going awry, it is safe to say we are in unknown territory. Trodden though this path is, it pays to briefly examine things that went off the predicted course, since this will allow us to break away from conventional wisdom in charting the way ahead.
When stock market [...]
