Finance Clippings: Weaning off alternative investments

He's on a roll - two more great posts by Professor Warr at NC State.

Finance Clippings: Weaning off alternative investments: Apparently South Carolina is trying to reduce the amount of alternative investments it holds . The State Treasurer cites concerns over fee...

Finance Clippings: Hedge Fund Returns since 1998: 2.1% per year.

Finance Clippings: Hedge Fund Returns since 1998: 2.1% per year.: A recent study shows that Hedge Fund Investors earned about 2.1% since 1998 . That would be after the 2/20 fees, and probably doesn't incl...

Which is Bernanke and Which is Geithner?

Unemployment Rates

Just a few interesting Unemployment Rates:

Spain 23.5%
Greece 18.4%
Iraq 18.0%
Iran 11.5%

USA 8.4%
Mexico 5.5%
Vietnam 2.9%
Cuba 1.6%

Finance Clippings: Private Equity Fees

Another great post from Dr. Richard Warr at NC State.

Finance Clippings: Private Equity Fees: There's been much talk about Private Equity recently. Yesterday, an article in the FT (behind paywall) talked about the fee structure u...

Finance Clippings: Stocks for the long run?

Below is excellent advice for everyone from my favorite professor of finance - click the link below.
(My best guess is stocks could return 6-8% over the long run based on current dividend yields of 2-3% combined with estimated corporate earnings growth of 4-5%.)

Finance Clippings: Stocks for the long run?: A recent post on the Fama French Forum asks " over what time period can you be reasonably assured of earning a positive premium for investin...

Women are Smarter than Men

Many of us have suspected women are smarter than men - here's proof:

According to a survey by the Employee Benefits Research Institute more women employees participate in their firm's 401(k) plan than men.

Women 401(k) participation rate = 55.5%

Men 401(k) participation rate = 53.8%

Perhaps more important is that those stats suggest almost half of all employees aren't saving for retirement.

The stats above are for full-time workers. The gap is even wider for part-timers:

Women: 25.3%

Men: 13.6%