Money and Finance
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Larry Page Talks Alphabet, Warren Buffett and Project Loon at Fortune Global Forum 2015 (video) [H/T Linc] (LINK) Howard Buffett Is Getting His Hands Dirty [H/T Linc] (LINK) Related book: 40 ChancesThe Light-Beam Rider - by Walter Isaacson (LINK) Related...
- Focus Media - My New Obsession – By John Hempton
The announced "go-private" transaction for Focus Media has me obsessed. It seems to cover a whole gamut of my interests, Asian private equity, alleged Chinese fraud, connections with major property developers and numbers and accounts I find surprising....
- Colm O’shea Quote (why He Bought Cds Instead Of Equity Puts Leading Up To Crisis)
From the book Hedge Fund Market Wizards: “The advantage of CDS was that it was a cheaper way of doing the trade. One problem with buying equity puts is that equity volatility tends to be very expensive. Who is the natural seller of equity puts? No one....
- Wilbur Ross And David Winters On Bloomberg (videos)
July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Wilbur Ross, the billionaire chairman of private-equity firm WL Ross & Co., talks about the U.S. economy, Europe’s debt crisis and investment strategy. Ross speaks with Betty Liu from the Allen & Co. conference in Sun...
- Vanguard Founder Bogle On Strategy, U.s. Tax Laws (video)
About a 30-minute video that took place a month ago. Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- John Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group Inc., talks about financial markets, investment strategy and U.S. tax policy. Bogle, speaking yesterday with Bloomberg's Betty Liu at...
Money and Finance
Examining the Ubiquity of Private Equity
I just received a review copy of this book in the mail today. It looks pretty interesting.
Jason Kelly, as a reporter at Bloomberg News, has been chronicling the moves of the world’s largest buyout shops and their billionaire founders long before the private equity industry became a political football in the presidential election.
On Sept. 11, Mr. Kelly’s book, “The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything,” was published by John Wiley & Sons. He spoke with DealBook last week about the book and the legacy of private equity.
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Book: The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything
- Links
Larry Page Talks Alphabet, Warren Buffett and Project Loon at Fortune Global Forum 2015 (video) [H/T Linc] (LINK) Howard Buffett Is Getting His Hands Dirty [H/T Linc] (LINK) Related book: 40 ChancesThe Light-Beam Rider - by Walter Isaacson (LINK) Related...
- Focus Media - My New Obsession – By John Hempton
The announced "go-private" transaction for Focus Media has me obsessed. It seems to cover a whole gamut of my interests, Asian private equity, alleged Chinese fraud, connections with major property developers and numbers and accounts I find surprising....
- Colm O’shea Quote (why He Bought Cds Instead Of Equity Puts Leading Up To Crisis)
From the book Hedge Fund Market Wizards: “The advantage of CDS was that it was a cheaper way of doing the trade. One problem with buying equity puts is that equity volatility tends to be very expensive. Who is the natural seller of equity puts? No one....
- Wilbur Ross And David Winters On Bloomberg (videos)
July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Wilbur Ross, the billionaire chairman of private-equity firm WL Ross & Co., talks about the U.S. economy, Europe’s debt crisis and investment strategy. Ross speaks with Betty Liu from the Allen & Co. conference in Sun...
- Vanguard Founder Bogle On Strategy, U.s. Tax Laws (video)
About a 30-minute video that took place a month ago. Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- John Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group Inc., talks about financial markets, investment strategy and U.S. tax policy. Bogle, speaking yesterday with Bloomberg's Betty Liu at...