Posts Tagged ‘Finance’
Survivorship bias : Asking the uncomfortable questions
Posted by: ekta1007 on: February 10, 2010
Survivorship bias is the logical error of concentrating on the people or things that “survived” some process and ignoring those that didn’t.In other words , focusing on the victories to mask the wrong that has been done . That is to say masking the results of poor performing assets/instruments to cosmetically improve the appearance of the lot .That being said,it [...]
The paradox of Supply and Demand :The other perspective
Posted by: ekta1007 on: September 1, 2009
There is a phenomenon that has long puzzed the economits view of the supply and demand, and it is the Giffen Goods . A Giffen good is termed as a good which people consume more of as price rises. If that be it, how is it that this class of good defies the supply and [...]
Where does money go in recession?
Posted by: ekta1007 on: February 2, 2009
- In: Finance
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We have probably overheard (and overrated) the rising bubble and the bubble bust. So what is it that happens when the bubble busts, where does all the money go? Was it converted from some tangible form to an intangible form? What happened of the overall paper money? There is this interesting article that I caught [...]
Opportunity cost : what have you lost anyway ?
Posted by: ekta1007 on: January 21, 2009
Opportunity cost or economic opportunity loss is the value of the next best alternative foregone as the result of making a decision. Opportunity cost analysis is an important part of a company’s decision-making processes but is not treated as an actual cost in any financial statement. The next best thing that a person can engage [...]
Casino Capitalism: Why you need to be smart?
Posted by: ekta1007 on: January 19, 2009
- In: Finance
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Are Economic Facts Driving Stock Prices or Merely Rationalizations for Existing Price Moves? At the heart of it this symbolizes Casino Capitalism. A question like this is sure to engage a debate from the houses, the hard core finanancial-academic-research savvy giants, and the wall street-speculating stock traders. The fact is that we are moving from [...]
Why Tomato Sauce is Consumerism ?
Posted by: ekta1007 on: January 14, 2009
- In: Finance
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As per wiki, consumerism is “the equation of personal happiness with consumption and the purchase of material possessions.” A market always expands to fit the products in consumer needs, rather than products tailored to meet those needs. The marketing tantrums are aimed at making any consumer believe that he really wants to POSESS it. [...]
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