• Shorting U.S. Treasuries, a Historic Sucker Bet
    MKC_Global
    03/11/2010 - 19:24
    The immensely popular investment idea, namely to short U.S. Treasuries, may be the largest sucker bet in many, many years. Instead, buying longer duration government bonds (U.S, European or Japanese) before the final stage of an epic 30 year bull market could prove to be one of the smartest trades of the last decade.
  • Return of the Pension Fund Fudge?
    Leo Kolivakis
    03/11/2010 - 23:59
    The UK National Association of Pension Funds has called for an overhaul of accounting rules that govern the disclosure of company retirement liabilities, arguing that these are intellectually flawed and partly to blame for the widespread closure of schemes. The move is hugely significant, not only for the UK but around the globe. The UK led the big revolution in pension fund accounting over the past 10 years to value assets and liabilities of a scheme at a snapshot of current market values.

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