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How to Understand Key Metrics in a New Industry

Tom Spencer

If they get funded, they can perform the research, write up their results in the form of a manuscript and then try to get the manuscript published in a scientific journal. The more interesting and impactful the research the more likely it will be published in a top tier journal with more readers. Final thoughts. Image: Unsplash.

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Argentine Central Bank Chief Quits in Currency Dispute; Hyperinflation On the Way?

MishTalk

There was a sharp sell-off in the benchmark Merval stock index after Mr Fábrega’s departure was announced. Black Market Rate Shows 78% Decline The black market exchange rate is about 14 pesos to the dollar. Here''s a Black Market exchange rate chart form the Wall Street Journal as of the end of August.

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WalMart Margins Set to Plunge? Will Rest of Retail Follow? What About Jobs?

MishTalk

The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. The retailer will open 180-200 of its small format stores, called Neighborhood Markets, in the next fiscal year through January 2016, Greg Foran, head of the U.S. Wal-Mart''s same-store sales — an industry benchmark of health — haven''t risen in six quarters.

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Black Friday Roundup: Walmart has 10M Transactions in 4 Hrs; Exhausted Shoppers Head Home; Fights Break Out at Walmart; Real Fight is Online

MishTalk

Over all, online sales were up nearly 10 percent over last year by Black Friday afternoon, according to IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark. Link if video does not play: Wal-Mart Black Friday Fight Real Fight Was Online The Wall Street Journal reports On Black Friday, the Real Fight Was Online.

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Research: Index Funds Are Improving Corporate Governance

Harvard Business

Unlike high-profile activist hedge funds, which attempt to outperform the market, the primary goal of passive investors is to deliver returns that match a market index. In our forthcoming research paper in The Journal of Financial Economics, we show that passive institutions do indeed positively shape firms’ governance policies.

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5 Questions That Will Help You Stay Ahead of Your Disruptors

Harvard Business

Stagnant growth in its core PC market recently led Intel to announce layoffs of roughly 12% of its workforce. The company will also eliminate a key chipset in the difficult tablet and smartphone market. But the past is merely a prologue.

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Argentinian Peso in Massive Slide; Argentina’s Bonds Decline on Plan to Offer Local-Law Swap

MishTalk

The country’s benchmark restructured bonds due in 2033 fell 2.58 The article suggests Argentina will be shut out of the credit markets. The Wall Street Journal discussed the issue the other day in Argentine Bonds Fall Further as Talks Stall. District Judge Thomas Griesa that a swap would be illegal. cents to 80.16 to the dollar.

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