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Q&A: Dividends: Is Bigger Better?

posted to Fama/French Forum on Wed 4th Aug 10

Does an equity strategy focusing on stocks with above-average dividend yield offer an appealing risk/reward tradeoff? Have dividend-paying stocks outperformed non-dividend payers in the U.S.?(Read the full entry)
Q&A: Dividends: Is Bigger Better?

posted to Fama/French Forum on Wed 4th Aug 10

Does an equity strategy focusing on stocks with above-average dividend yield offer an appealing risk/reward tradeoff? Have dividend-paying stocks outperformed non-dividend payers in the U.S.?(Read the full entry)
Q&A: Are Treasury Bonds Risk-Free?

posted to Fama/French Forum on Wed 28th Jul 10

Does the deteriorating financial condition of the U.S. government diminish the appeal of U.S. Treasury securities as a risk-free asset? Should investors consider adding government securities from other countries to diversify?(Read the full entry)

Bailouts and Stimulus Plans

posted to Fama/French Forum on Mon 12th Jan 09

by EUGENE F. FAMAThere is an identity in macroeconomics. It says that in any given year private investment must equal the sum of private savings, corporate savings (retained earnings), and government savings (the government surplus, which is more likely negative,
My Life in Finance

posted to Fama/French Forum on Thu 4th Mar 10

By Eugene F. FamaForewordI was invited by the editors to contribute a professional autobiography for the Annual Review of Financial Economics. I focus on what I think is my best stuff. Readers interested in the rest can download my vita from the website of
Q&A: Is Market Efficiency the Culprit?

posted to Fama/French Forum on Wed 4th Nov 09

Justin Fox ("The Myth of the Rational Market") and many other financial writers claim that much of the blame for the financial meltdown is attributable to a misguided faith in market efficiency that encouraged market participants to accept security prices as

Really good links - FOMC - Limits of arbitrage - Director's law - Public sector employees

posted to The Money Demand on Wed 11th Aug 10

Paul Krugman - The FOMC has spoken - "What the FOMC announced was a slight change in policy: rather than allowing its balance sheet to shrink as the mortgage-backed securities it owns mature, it will maintain the balance sheets size by reinvesting the proceeds
Assorted Links

posted to Mostly Economics on Thu 29th Jul 10

IFMR Blog points to Buisiness correspondent model in BrazilGulzar on Explaining India’s inflation storyKrugman points US Economy is Number Onein economic outlook, on the negative side thoughWSJ Blog points to a new paper which says Words, Not Deeds, Are
Assorted Links

posted to Mostly Economics on Thu 15th Jul 10

Will a helicopter drop of money stimulate aggregate demand? Krugman says no and Cowen saysyes. GOing back to discussions post Lehman. Krugmans also asks whether Fed can just helicopter drop the moneyKrugman reacts to recent Fed minutesSan Francisco Fed Moves