Money and Financial Lifestyle

For students in my Financial Management class (FINM2401) - Alan Kohler has written an editorial on the current short sale restrictions here in Australia ( The Blind Leading the Naked , on Business Spectator ). In a nutshell: Short selling is an important part of price discovery in markets, but the securities lending business in Australia should be more transparent

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More on Short Selling

I had a very interesting question from a student today. We’re covering portfolio theory in Financial Management, and she was looking at some of her own personal investments from this “new” point of view

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Risk Disclosures

Several interesting entries have flowed through my Google Reader account in the past few days. In no particular order: Is this a good time to invest? Should you be making extra year-end superannuation contributions given the current financial climate

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Link Fest

I don’t know if you’ve been following the Opes Prime saga, but I think it points out some weaknesses in the current Australian financial system. Alan Kohler, over at Business Spectator has been following this closely, and I recommend his columns. In particular this one about ANZ and how it ended up with more than 20% of several small caps.

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Financial Mayhem

Don’t know if anyone is still checking this feed — it’s been months since I last posted. Down here, January means school holidays and summer vacation. Most of my non-academic friends assume that means I’m on holidays too, but this is not the case

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Welcome to a new academic year

Last week I showed a video from the ABC show Inside Business. Alan Kohler interviewed Chip Goodyear and Marius Kloppers from BHP Billiton

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Inside Business

Last semester I had Long Service Leave — 13 weeks of holidays, so no teaching. And, since I doubled up my load first semester 06, I haven’t taught for 12 months. That all changes on 23 July when the new semester starts

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I’m Back