During these volatile times, it pays to remember one of the central themes in financial theory.
LTCM, Enron was admired for its innovative use of financial theory and for its risk-management skills until it was too late.
The recent market unpleasantness has provided active mangers with opportunities to question each of the tenants of modern financial theory.
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As a matter of financial theory, there is nothing magical about buying in shares--nothing that can't be accomplished with plain old cash dividends.
But this one-size-fits-all portfolio does not agree with financial theory, which holds that each investor should take into account his or her individual economic situation.
The various laws and regulations have all changed over time to incorporate modern financial theory, including the idea that investing for income is the inappropriate investment policy.
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Modern financial theory is the enemy of the active manager.
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These professionals use mathematics, statistics, and financial theory to assess the risk that an event will occur and to help businesses and clients develop policies that minimize the cost of that risk, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
In theory independent financial advisers (IFAs) pick the best product for their customer from the thousands available.
Moreover the financial institutions that in theory should have supplied that capital were the cause of the collapse.
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Mr Rajan's story was intended as a narrative of the subprime crisis in America, not as a general theory of financial dislocation.
Hyman Minsky developed a theory of financial instability in the 1970s.
Financial aid officers have a theory about the money you are trying to put into your 401(k).
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In theory, the financial system should channel this money into its most profitable uses, allowing for risk.
My reasoning is based on the theory that either financial services firms get their loan portfolios cleaned up and in good shape so they generate earnings that further the recapitalization process or they struggle to stay alive.
Researcher bias, due either to clinging tenaciously to a pet theory, or to financial interests, can also skew results.
But Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder expands on the concepts in Fooled and its follow-up The Black Swan and goes far beyond financial markets into a more general theory of randomness and volatility and their importance in life and nature.
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In theory, lots of EU financial regulations could be decided by qualified majority vote.
When a woman in Iowa shared the story of her financial struggles, he responded with economic theory.
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In theory there will be a financial cost for the US government and US citizens, whose debt is priced off the interest rate paid by the government.
My theory is many people understand financial basics and even more sophisticated financial concepts, but they just have a hard time applying them to their own financial lives.
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The new partnership will continue some of the work of INET, which was founded in 2009 in response to the global financial crisis, promoting changes in economy theory and practice.
Wible responded to the news with a piece repeating his theory about Gamestop as a target for a financial buyer.
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In theory, the derivatives markets have strengthened the financial system, by allowing risk to be dispersed away from the banks.
But the company has followed a theory that the best way to sow fertile financial ground for the future is to burn through a lot of cash now.
Financial analysts have a name for this: The mosaic theory.
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We tried out our theory on Carl Lindner, chief executive of American Financial Group, which owns a stake in the Cincinnati Reds.
We tried out our theory on Carl Lindner , chief executive of American Financial Group (nyse: AFG - news - people ), which owns a stake in the Cincinnati Reds.
The fundamental failing of the Keynesian stimulus theory is that it neatly ignores the presence of financial markets, which have as their primary purpose transferring savings from those who do not currently need to spend to those who need the funds, either to spend or to invest.
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