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Auction Theory: A Guide to the Literature
AbstractThis paper provides an elementary, non-technical, survey of auction theory, by introducing and describing some of the critical papers in the subject. (The most important of these are reproduced in a companion book, The Economic Theory of Auctions, Paul Klemperer [ed.], Edward Elgar [pub.], forthcoming.); We begin with the most fundamental concepts, and then introduce the basic analysis of optimal auctions, the revenue equivalence theorem, and marginal revenues. Subsequent sections address risk-aversion, affiliation, asymmetries, entry, collusion, multi-unit auctions, double auctions, royalties, incentive contracts, and other topics. Appendices contain technical details, some simple worked examples, and a bibliography for each section. Copyright 1999 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd
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On twitter and tweeting
I have tweeted over 56,000 times. I follow over 2600 people. I've spent countless hours since roughly June 2007 reading other people's tweets. I do, in fact, know something about using the service to connect with people.
I'd say, looking back (and inward), that I've learned most through mistakes. Relationships that I thought stronger than they were couldn't stand up to what I thought was harmless jest or constructive (if brief and direct) criticism. I've recently rediscovered that a connection forged solely over Twitter isn't always strong enough to stand on its own.
A few other lessons:
Make sure less than 20% of your tweets are sent by a linked service (Foursquare, music sharing, GetGlue [just don't], Untappd, etc), and make sure that even those contain some added value that makes them unique to you.
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Location: Astoria, Queens NYC
Hello everyone at Apartment Therapy! I would love to share my most recent endeavor, Apartment Makeover 2010!. I was a finalist in the Second Annual Fall Colors Contest (Tyler's Color Fueling Station) and a LOT has changed since then…
It has been a couple of years since the contest (as well as a pretty cool HGTV episode featuring the pad) and there have been some style changes to the place. I decided to tone things down quite a bit. The avocado walls are now a calming grey and the bedroom has done a 180° in terms of style and materials. I would say I've gone from Pop Modern to Rustic/Industrial.
The white couch in the living room is gone and has made room for a beautiful wood dining table. It works great for the dinner parties and separates the small space into two different areas. The energy of the space is now much more subdued. I feel like chilling out with a glass of wine as opposed to climbing the walls.
I'd say the extrovert in me is still there and is mimicked in some of my accent pieces. The initial energy and excitement of just moving to New York has slowed down and allowed me to comfortably fall into a much calmer, happier place. Who knows though — in 3 more years I might just find my next home project to be quite different!
Thanks Tyler!
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I'm loving the dining table and the bar/credenza thingy. Where are they from?
I hear you, Tyler. Whereas I once slept in a bedroom with orange balls, entertained guests in rooms painted turquoise and bright yellow, studied and read in a periwinkle space -- now the backgrounds are mostly subdued.
Nice to see another person living in Astoria on here. I really enjoyed your color palette. Very calming. Where is the clock and the storage unit next to the clock from?
Thanks and Keep up the good work!
I like this WAY better than the original colors
Very calm and relaxing look. I like it.
ooooh... I have a really hard time finding couches I really love, but I REALLY like that one! :) Perfect blend of modern but warm and cozy!
Hi Tyler! Thanks for sharing. I loved your home then and I love it now. So fascinating to see how your sense of style evolved. I adore the dining room! The window frame hung as art is awesome. Also, where did you get that credenza?
Great job.
Very lovely. I loved the original colors of the rooms, but I think that this new color scheme and arrangement of furniture works much better. I still have an "in your face" color scheme at home, but am thinking of toning it down sometime soon. Thanks for the inspiration.
I approve.
Your apartment is cute, TOO!
Ooooh I like the green and grey together! Very pretty. Reminds me of my first "real" apartment, I painted my walls a color called "absinthe mist."
I love the floors too.
I like this much better. I really like the addition of some earth tones. Though this is not to my personal taste, it looks very pulled together and well done. Very nice job!!
i think the dining table might be eq3
Where did you buy your wine rack and the wood-block clock?!
That shot of the bedroom is sublime.
The apartment looks so relaxing. Great colors.
And like m0oreen, I'd like to know the source for your wood-block clock.
The wood clock looks like the Davis clock from EQ3.
It's nice to see an actual HUMAN in these shots. :)
Loving how comfortable that couch looks.
where is the lamp from in the last photo?
I stayed in Astoria recently, LOVE IT. Your place reflects the lovely neighborhood.
I love your living room pillows. Where did you find them?
Tyler, Nice place! Are you the guy from the Verizon commercials ;)
Hey guys! Thanks for the positive feedback. The bar/credenza is a IKEA LACK bookshelf turned on its side with legs screwed in. Yes the dining table and the wood wall clock are from EQ3 and the bedroom lamp is CB2. The wine rack is from chiasso and the pillows are from CB2 and Anja Kroencke.
The cooler colors suit you MUCH better. Do you eat, sleep, digest better now I wonder???
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It's not hard to see.
Even the most casual of fans can tell you that Wayne Simmonds is the classic example of the kind of athlete that Philadelphia fans love to call their own.
Hardworking, physical and largely underappreciated away from Philly, Simmonds is the kind player that doesn't always come to the forefront of your mind when discussing skills, but is always number one when you talk about heart.
However, that doesn't mean that Simmonds doesn't have skills.
Although it may not be his forte, it's ill advised to underestimate the 23-year old's ability to contribute to the offensive phase of the game.
This was made evident on Thursday night when the gritty forward scored two goals against the Nashville Predators.
The last time the Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins met, it was in the midst of a seven-game winning streak for the Flyers.
But unfortunately for the orange and black-clad team, that streak came to an abrupt end when they hosted the Stanley Cup champion Bruins.
In a pathetic showing which was featured on HBO's 24/7, the Flyers were abused 6-0 at the hands of Boston. Just over a month later, the Bullies will seek pay back against the Bruins, who they have split the season series, 1-1, so far.
Wayne Simmonds is the kind of player Philadelphia loves.
Hardworking, tough and resilient, Simmonds embodies the kind of 'bring your lunch to work' player that have historically won over the respect of the Flyers faithful.
All season, he has demonstrated that he is a versatile player capable of being physically imposing as well as quick on his feet.
Ilya Bryzgalov may finally have found his confidence again.
Though it's arguable that he never lost full confidence in the first place, it was definitely a step in the right direction for the Russian netminder, who still has his doubters.
It was a stellar game in net for Bryzgalov, combined with some timely scoring on the power play for the Flyers that led Philadelphia to a 4-1 win over the Devils Saturday afternoon in North Jersey.
Bryzgalov stopped all but one of the 31 shots he faced, a goal by Alexei Ponikarovsky in the second. He improved to 18-10-3 on the season.
Imagine what would happen if Couturier had a chance to center Simmonds and Read on the third line.
In the last five games, the Flyers have scored a total of 13 goals. In that span, Couturier, Read and Simmonds have scored seven, which makes up over half of the production. In total, the group has a combined 15 points in their last five games.
There is much discussion about how Couturier deserves more minutes. A move to the third line would allow for that. Not to mention that he and Read are starting to develop a chemistry of their own when paired on the penalty kill.
The next few days are going to be full of debate.
Following the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 loss to the Nashville Predators, more fuel was added to the goaltender fire as Ilya Bryzgalov returned as the starting goalie.
Following two strong efforts by Sergei Bobrovsky, Bryzgalov was given an opportunity to display his talents.
Instead, more questions arose about his weaknesses.
At this point, it's strange when some one isn't getting injured on the Flyers.
The unfortunate trend continued into the New Year, when Jaromir Jagr started things off as only a member of the Flyers could, with another injury.
While it will be no easy to task to replace the team's third-highest point producer, the situation does provide a golden opportunity for several members of the team.
Gord Miller is probably not wrong in his assessment that HBO could probably have made a special about this game. Unfortunately for the Canadiens, they would not be the heroes in this one.After a topsy-turvy matchup that saw the game tied three times, the Flyers finally came out of the Bell Centre with a 4-3 win in hand while the Habs saw more of referee Chris Lee than the back of the Flyers' net.Philadelphia got on the board first as everyone's eyes were on Jakub Voracek's dazzling dashes into the offensive zone, leaving none on Max Talbot, who potted the game's first ...
Nothing is going to stop this Flyers team it seems.
With their captain and leading scorer on the shelf for an extended period of time, the Flyers persevered another big challenge.
The Canadiens had an answer for the Flyers first three goals. But it was the final tally early in the third period that Montreal couldn't respond to and the Flyers went on to win, 4-3, Thursday night in Montreal.
It was the seventh straight win for the Flyers, who are rolling despite finding out their leader Chris Pronger will miss the rest of the season with severe post-concussion syndrome. They improved to 12-4-1 on the season without their captain, an impressive feat when looking at his impact when on the ice.
Nothing was going to stand in front of the Flyers tonight; not even the absence of the NHL's leading scorer.
With Claude Giroux back in Philadelphia nursing a concussion, the Flyers offense erupted in a 5-1 win over the Washington Capitals on the road. It was the first Flyers win in Washington since the 2009 season.
Stepping into the centering role on the Flyers hottest line was eighth round draft pick Sean Couturier. Without Giroux, the top line didn't skip a beat when Scott Hartnell found twine for the sixth straight game, giving the Flyers an early 1-0 lead.
Hartnell's tally was his 15th on the season, good for second on the Flyers.
But it was also a milestone goal for the 29-year-old left-winner. It was the 200th goal for Hartnell, who tossed a soft shot at the net that got through Washington goalie Thomas Vokoun's five-hole.


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No idea if this was brought up on the last comments thread, but another 'essential' Alliance experience is the Missing Diplomat questline, lasting about 10 levels (minimum requirement wise) and going through several zones: http://www.wowwiki.com/The_Missing_Diplomat_quest_chain
"Which is the Onyxia questline..."
No, they are completely different. The Onyxia questline wasn't accessible until you were in your low 50s, and it started in Burning Steppes with the quest Dragonkin Menace. That quest is no longer in the game, so I'm guessing that the alliance can no longer complete any portion of the old Onyxia questline.
As for the Missing Diplomat, that quest chain starts from Thomas in the SW cathedral, and you can begin the chain in your mid-20s. The original chain that has existed since vanilla WoW was incomplete, but the second half of the storyline was added in Theramore, when they revamped the Dustwallow Marsh zone. It is definitely one of the better leveling questlines for the Alliance, these days.
Jack Miles said...
Shame both those quests are missing their endings. The Missing Diplomat doesn't suffer quite as badly, but who the hell wants to do Jailbreak without The Great Masquerade?


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I'm assuming that some kind person has hacked into my email account as I'm now getting hundreds of undeliverable mail returned to my mail box each day.
Is there anything that can be done or is it just a case of weathering the storm and all will return to normal eventually?
No - they haven't hacked into your account. You have got on a spam list & they are using your address as a senders address - happens all the time.
Get yourself some anti-spam software now.
Cheers Chris's, I was assuming my account had been hacked as the personal info on my webmail account had been changed, and there was a rogue email in the sent items box which I hadn't sent.
I don't really want to change my address as it's my business one. I'll just keep deleting and see how it goes.
hmmm well it's possible I suppose you could have been hacked. Best to change all your passwords to new (secure) ones ASAP
Passwords changed and I found lots of useful things in the control panel of my site which most probably should have been enabled ages ago.
Hopefully the flood will be stemmed slightly now the horse has bolted!
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Except you can mark the rejections as spam and then you can prevent them arriving in your inbox.
If its a business email & it is on a website somewhere it will get picked up by spam-bots and used against you.
Have you received any website login (or worse internet banking) details through that email account? If so - beeter change them to be on the safe side too.
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Wouldn't be registered with Friends Reunited would you?
Works for me - 2 or 3 hundred rejections a week just get picked up by my spam filter and I never see them (unless I want to).
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I can't believe how many opened tabs I have on my browser. It's more than 30 tabs! I have the usual email and google and pinterest. From Pinterest, I have various tabs about Minecraft (been browsing for party stuff to DIY for my son's birthday celebration), cross stitch patterns which I recently became reacquainted to and various photo inspiration blogs. I even came across a site about cigar rankings. How did I come to that? Anyway, I should be done with those tabs tonight as I feel my desk is so cluttered because of those. But wait, my desk is actually cluttered.
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This week's new issue of Entertainment Weeklyhas really gotten Twilight fans talking, and not just about the newest The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 stills which dropped in the feature. Instead, it's a portion of the interview with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart mentioning the altered ending to the film which has gotten everyone's attention.
In the feature, it's mentioned that author Stephenie Meyer and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg cooked up a new ending for Part 2 which varies from the book. Pattinson is quoted to state, "When I first read the script, I got to that part and was like, 'What?' And then I had to go back a page. It does it a serious justice" while Stewart said, "It's clearly made by someone who really cares. That's why Bill Condon is perfect. Thank God for him."
Now, it's a known fact that the Volturi and the Cullens will come to blows in Breaking Dawn - Part 2, rather than just having the stand-off read about in the book. And according to Nikki Reed, it's going to be pretty awesome. Speculation on that matter indicates that this may be an Alice (Ashley Greene) vision of what would happen if the two groups did actually fight, shared between her and Aro (Michael Sheen). That's not confirmed, of course, but it seems likely given the lore and the potential for amping up the on-screen tension. So it's indeed possible that that is what Robert Pattinson was referring to in his quote.
As for Kristen Stewart's comment, it's very similar to what Pattinson mentioned while at Comic-Con: "The very end of the movie ... it's very, very sentimental, but I didn't expect myself to react the way I did to it. It's kind of … Bill Condon this is amazing ending which is so sweet and anyone who's had any kind of investment in this series, you can't help but get emotional about it." Stewart has also shared her thoughts on the ending before, saying "it's so cool, I really do cry every time I watch it. It's so cool. It's really sweet." Even Taylor Lautner has offered up thoughts on it, mentioning "I definitely think a lot .. a majority of fans will be crying when they watch the end of this one."
The seminal word on the matter, of course, came from producer Wyck Godfrey back in May, when he teased, "For those that have followed these movies from the beginning to end ... there's a great final moment where you do get to kind of relive the entire experience, and I think that'll be something fans can look forward to."
The point of all this is to show that the EW quotes about the altered ending aren't presenting any new information, really. Now, about what that ending might be ... Here are a few ideas.
As readers of the book will recall, the ending of Breaking Dawn contains a scene in which Bella is able to lower her shield and show Edward her side of their experiences together. "Now you know. No one's ever loved anyone as much as I love you," she tells him, and then the two stroll into their cottage to start the rest of forever.
The altered ending could be a play off of that scene - a montage of the previous films, a glimpse-forward of their coming life together (like a look at teenage Renesmee with Jacob and the perfect life the two have ahead of them, perhaps?)... Or, it could be something new altogether.
What if the Cullens became the new vampire world leaders? What if they make a formal peace agreement with the Volturi? Those last two seem a little unlikely, but if Meyer and Rosenberg actually did change the ending, it's almost a guarantee that it wouldn't be a total shift from the story we all know and love.
My prediction is this: Bella will indeed lower the shield and show Edward her thoughts, which'll include a romantic and nostalgic reminder of all they've been through in the Twilight Saga, and then we'll see a little bit of Renesmee growing to full-size and romping around merrily, and we'll know that there is a forever worth having for this family and that their strife has not been in vain.
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With seven million people, Hong Kong is the 4th most densely populated places in the world. However, plain numbers never tell the full story. In his 'Architecture of Density' photo series, German photographer Michael Wolf explores the jaw-dropping urban landscapes of Hong Kong. He rids his photographs of any context, removing any sky or horizon line from the frame and flattening the space until it becomes a relentless abstraction of urban expansion, with no escape for the viewer's eye. Infinite and haunting.
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An Analysis of the Profiles and Motivations of Habitual Commodity Speculators
AbstractThe focus of this study is the habitual speculator in commodity futures markets. The speculator's activity broadens a market, creates essential liquidity, and performs an irreplaceable pricing function. Working knowledge of the profiles and motivations of habitual speculators is essential to both market theorist and policy makers. Responses to a 73 question survey were collected directly from retail commodity brokers with offices in Alabama. Each questionnaire recorded information on an individual commodity client who had traded for an extended period of time. The typical trader studied is a married, white male, age 52. He is affluent and well educated. He is a self-employed business owner who can recover from financial setbacks. He is a politically right wing conservative involved in the political process. He assumes a good deal of risk in most phases of his life. He is both an aggressive investor and an active gambler. This trader does not consider preservation of his commodity capital to be a very high trading priority. As a result, he rarely uses stop loss orders. He wins more frequently than he loses (over 51% of the time) but is an overall net loser in dollar terms. In spite of recurring trading losses, he has never made any substantial change in his basic trading style. To this trader, whether he won or lost on a particular trade is more important than the size of the win or loss. Thus he consistently cuts his profits short while letting his losses run. He also worries more about missing a move in the market by being on the sidelines than about losing by being on the wrong side of a market move; i.e., being in the action is more important than the financial consequences. Participating brokers confirmed that for the majority of the speculators studied, the primary motivation for continuous trading is the recreational utility derived largely from having a market position.
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Thomforde has been the most visible administrator on this campus in our four years attending St. Olaf. He is frequently seen strolling past Fireside, waving and smiling, stopping along the way to (bend down) and chat with students and faculty. His presence contributes to the "feel" we all link with leaves changing colors and the sweet scent of Malt-o-Meal - the sense of living at Olaf and knowing we're home.
Thomforde encouraged student views - and wasn't afraid to make his own heard as well. When the war in Iraq began in 2001, Thomforde put up an anti-war sign on his front lawn and subsequently sat with students on the stairs leading up to the Caf as part of an anti-war protest. It was refreshing and inspiring to see an administrator voice his own beliefs and truly live out the values the College espouses.
Thomforde made us part of his life. He, quite literally, let us into his home on multiple occasions. Just a few weeks ago he e-mailed us about his upcoming wedding this December. Whether or not most college presidents send out e-mails about their personal lives, it makes us feel like we're part of the Olaf family - everyone expecting him to tear up at the opening convocation or knowing that he's one-foot and five-inches taller than our dean.
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GMs and the Players That They Covet
NHL general managers are people too, with biases just like the rest of us. And it often seems to me that GMs go after players who have played well in the games that they have watched, which are usually the games that their team is playing. And most GMs listen to their coaches, who have an intimate knowledge of who played vs whom, and who played well, in the games that they coached.
In the case of Lowe, I know that those stints over in Europe for the WHCs weigh in. Isbister had a terrific tourney over there a year or so before he traded for him. He followed the Oilers AHL team around one year that the Oilers missed the playoffs (or maybe just an early exit) in any case I remember him commenting on a player named Torres who played for an opponent, a dominant player in the series. Surely that's Raffi.
When Atlanta traded Heatley for Hossa et al, I looked back at the shift charts for the year previous and Hossa had the Kovalchuk assignment in the OTT-ATL games. Rare, because that sort of thing is usually Alfredsson's gig. So if Waddell asks Hartley what he thinks of Hossa, well Bob and his staff have scrutinized every inch of Thrashers game tape. He's going to think that Hossa is even better than he is, because he's going to assume that he put up those great scoring numbers playing a big chunk against the Modano, Kovalchuk and Thornton types all season.
Kim Johnsson, he of the concussion problem. Minnesota took a gamble with his health when they signed him this summer. Kim also played the second most minutes against Gaborik in their one head to head game last season in Philly, 6.3 minutes. Just a bit behind Hatcher (7.1 minutes) and well clear of 3rd place Forsberg (4.9 minutes), there must have been a lot of penalties in that one. The year previous that sort of responsibility was commonplace for Johnsson, but this was a bit of a rare night for that in 05/06.
Philly played Chicago once. The game was in the windy city. Guess who Yawney played the most against Forsberg at 5on5 on the night? That's right, new Flyer Kyle Calder, a whopping 12.2 minutes H2H. Edging out Duncan Keith and Marty LaPointe. (btw: Mark Bell, who played some tough opp usually, only 2.7 on this night. Spacek, who didn't, with a typical 5.0)
San Jose played Chicago twice after Thornton arrived. That poor Duncan Keith bastard ate up most of those minutes again with 22 (does anyone even know what this guy looks like?). Then Mark Bell and LaPointe cleanly leading the march for the forwards with 16 minutes of H2H apiece.
Tjarnqvist is usually third in the march of D tough minutes against the other teams top talent. Against the Oilers he managed to edge out both Kuba and Mitchell. He played more against the Smyth/Horcoff/Hemsky trio than any other Dman for Lemaire. Now he's an Oiler.
Which L.A King played the most minutes against Markus Naslund last season? Sean Avery of all people, and it looks like he fared well. Crawford is in L.A now. And Avery, the guy that everyone loves to hate, he was brought back to the Kings.
For the most part there is consistency in this sort of thing. The guys that teams are most willing to move are usually the guys that weren't getting a lot of trust from their coach. And the guys that they covet are often the guys who were getting a lot of responsibility from their own coaches in the games that they went head to head.
There are a couple of inconsistencies. Notably PHX and CHI. There seems to be some peculiarity there, a disconnect between the coaching staff and management. In CHI you almost have to expect this sort of thing, but PHX? Damn. Is Gretzky really making the game plans and running the bench for the Coyotes or has he delegated that? Has he just stepped completely away from the hockey opps side, does he even talk to Barnet? Is he schizophrenic?
Only Michalek and Doan saw more responisbility than Johnson and Mara ... and the latter two are gone. And Derek F. Morris signed to a whopping contract? Just doesn't mesh with the actions of the coaching staff last season.
I actually do have a point to all this, for those still reading:
I hope that Lowe targets young defencemen Duncan Keith and Zbynek Michalek. On the surface they look untouchable ... but with the Yotes and Hawks you just never know. I mean I'm sure that any GM would perform due diligence; download the PHX and CHI gametapes from NHL.com and make sure they weren't just flukes, review with coaches and pro scouts, etc.
But damn, I don't know if anyone is that lucky. Keith's EV+/- -7 is a lot more impressive than Spacek's +11 given the context. And Duncan Keith is just a boy by NHL defencemen standards, turned 23 this summer. Z.Michalek I blathered on about in a couple of other posts ('tough minutes' and 'big 8 minutes'), but to add to it, dude also played a staggering amount when the other team had pulled their goalie to try and tie it up. The Coyotes really leaned on the guy in Ohlundian fashion. And he's just 6 months or so older than Keith.
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Now, I know that many believe that science and religion are two distinct subjects whose fields of interests are disjoint sets, but personally I don't subscribe to idea. And more importantly, this is not the point of this thread. I know it's a competing view, but I'd rather not have this particular argument in this thread if possible.
So anyway, what do you guys miss?
I think what I miss the most was the comforting thought of an eternal afterlife. Which is why I don't argue with "non-fanatic" people over their faith: it does serve the purpose of effectively erasing one "big worry".
Other than that, I do think it's slightly easier to get a girlfriend, make friends, and run for office. =P
When I was heavily into Buddhism I enjoyed the whole concept of multiple lives, but now I realize how wasteful it is. It truly hindered my appreciation for the life I already know.


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I was having lunch with Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit, and he had some interesting points.
According to Mr. Pandit, providing money and financial services to business is still a pretty attractive undertaking on a global scale.
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"Banks need to realize they are in a new reality," he said.
He couldn't be more right.
I warned you back in August that bank stocks were headed for a "catastrophic decline," and that proved to be true.
Since that article's Aug. 17 publication, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) has tumbled 12.7%, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) fell 9.9%, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is down 5.5%, and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is down 2.1%.
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Third-quarter bank earnings were mediocre at best, and some of the special protections offered to banks are being wound down. Additionally, banks are in popular odium and demonstrations against them are erupting in every major U.S. city. And the effects of increased regulation are yet to come fully into view.
Still, for the first time since the stock price "bounce" of 2009, bank stocks are beginning to look somewhat attractive and the time to start bottom fishing may be at hand.
Banks Worth BuyingFor those few banks with genuine global networks, international banking remains on a growth curve as globalization intensifies and more emerging market companies diversify outside their own country and region. Domestically, retail banking remains a good business. Credit card losses are beginning to decline while spreads remain at record levels.
Consequently, there are very good bargain-buying opportunities at large.
Remember, though, that any investment should be made gradually over time, because while the chances of a repeat of 2008 are remote -- at least in the United States -- there is still a great deal of risk and uncertainty in the banking sector.
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However, the following financial firms are worth looking at:
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.: JPMorgan survived 2008 better than any other house, since its CEO, Jamie Dimon, was both conservative and shrewd. The firm has an excellent international and corporate franchise, which should do well going forward, and its foray into investment banking through the purchase of Bear Stearns has been brought well under control. JPMorgan's weakness is investment banking, which caused third-quarter earnings to decline 33% from last year. Nevertheless, even based on those earnings, its price/earnings (P/E) ratio is only about 8-times and it sells at about 83% of net asset value.
- Citigroup Inc.: Citi nearly went bankrupt in 2008 but has done considerably better since then (though pre-2008 shareholders have lost 90% of their money). Active in more than 100 countries, Citi has the best international network of any U.S. bank. This is a major competitive advantage in emerging markets, with which only HSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE ADR: HSBC) and Standard and Chartered PLC can really compete.
- PNC Financial Services (NYSE: PNC): PNC made the smartest deal of all in 2008, buying the Cleveland-based National City Bank for $5 billion in stock, and getting $6 billion in tax write-offs with the deal. National City had run into mortgage problems, but its operations were in the Midwest, not California, so there were far fewer bubble mortgages to weigh down its balance sheet. PNC's third-quarter earnings were slightly up on an operating basis, and it's currently selling at a P/E of 8 and at 86% of book value. If you want a bet on a regional consumer-oriented bank, PNC is the one to go for.
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Canadian author Matthew Hart obviously has a thing for geology. His previous book, Diamond: The History of a… more
Pundits and forecasters have India and China locked in a race to see which will be the next economic superpower. The… more
For most people, negotiation is viewed alternatively as a game, a battle or a skill. In his new book, Michael Wheeler… more
The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World, by the economist William Nordhaus, provides a… more
In 2006, Warren Buffett asked his children this question: if you had 1 billion dollars to do something important with… more
Amazon is one of the giants of the computer age. It has made Jeff Bezos, its founder, the 12th richest man in America… more
As the founder of gamesbrief.com and author of several books on computer games, Nicholas Lovell is an expert on the… more
Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, is a consummate storyteller. He reaches into the collective consciousness… more
Named by Forbes Magazine as 'The Mayor of the Internet', Alexis Ohanian is the genial and engaging 30 year old founder… more