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GOLDMAN: Here Are 25 Stocks That Hedge Funds Are Shorting Like Crazy
Goldman Sachs' new Hedge Fund Monitor report, which looks at 783 funds with nearly $2 trillion in g…
Unable To Afford Retirement, More Americans Opt For 'Partial Retirement'
High unemployment is a primary factor fueling the trend. According to the study, retirement-age wor…
Nearly Half Of Americans Plan To Spend Less This Holiday Season
The hardest hit category of spending is on family members, with 63% reporting that they would cut s…
Becoming Richer Hasn't Made China Much Happier
"Thanks to the nine-year mandatory education law introduced in 1986, illiteracy rate has largely be…
5 Things To Consider Before Lending Money To Family
Even if you have the money to spend, you don't want to enable bad habits. Only lend money if it's g…
China's Skewed Sex Ratio Is Boosting The Country's Trade Surplus
Fewer women in the marriage market have made Chinese women pickier. One female contestant on a Chin…
China's Commitment To Reform Has Been A Gamechanger For The Hairy Crab Industry
Sellers are already adjusting their business models for a post-government austerity world, as deman…
CREDIT SUISSE: These 4 Charts Look Terrible For Future US Growth
Chart 3 shows the slowdown in private capital accumulation, measured through net business investmen…
A Scientist Wants To Issue A Bond That Pays Big Once We Find Alien Life
"I propose the establishment of a SETI Lottery Bond to provide a continued source of funding for t…
Homes Are Selling A Lot Faster Today Than They Were A Year Ago
"Relative to peak levels, home values are still down more than 30% in Sacramento and down almost 50…
How Self-Deprecating Jokes Can Backfire
And it might backfire even more for women. One study finds that 70% of the time, the humor women us…
Here Are The Assets That Hedge Funds Love And Hate [CHART]
Included are these two charts of long and short exposures to various asset classes based on standar…
A New ETF Will Finally Give US Retail Investors Direct Access To The Chinese Stock Market
China's A-shares, or shares of mainland Chinese companies that trade in renminbi on Chinese stock e…
Child Labor Bans Actually Make Things Worse For The Poorest Children
The study uses data from India, a country where the problem of child labor is particularly egregiou…
BYRON WIEN: Here's What My 2014 Portfolio Looks Like
...I expect modest earnings increases and some multiple expansion from present levels, but I doubt …
Hedge Funds Just Had Their Best Year Since 2009
Hedge funds haven't performed this well since 2009, when they were yielding returns of over 20%. As…
Here Are The 14 Most Affordable Housing Markets In America
The report compares the cost of a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home across America. It surveyed over …
A Lehman Brothers Founder's Historic Mansion Just Sold As 'Trophy Office Space' For $40 Million
The gorgeous Beaux-Arts home was commissioned by Philip to be built in 1899 by John Duncan, one of …
The Richest Financiers In The World
The Heinz deal has worked out very well for Warren Buffet and 3G Capital's Jorge Paulo Lemann, whos…
ASSET MANAGER: Be Prepared For A Wild Ride To The Downside For Tesla
"The short side is the way to play the trade next year. 2014 is the year of the honeymoon ending fo…
Walking May Be Worse For The Environment Than Driving
He takes the example of a 180 pound man who chooses to walk a mile to work instead of driving. Walk…
Low-Skilled Mexican Immigrants Are Making The US Labor Market More Efficient
The authors, Brian Cadena of the University of Colorado- Boulder and Brian Kovak from Carnegie Mell…
The 25 Richest People On The Planet
Bill Gates surged to the top spot as Microsoft shares gained 29% this quarter. Carlos Slim, owner o…
Parents On Welfare Are Bequeathing A Culture Of Welfare Unto Their Children
The researcher also found that when parents are on welfare, the probability of the child working or…
India Is Pioneering The Low-Cost Mission To Mars
India's space mission has been criticized as being a waste of resources in a country where a huge p…