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Meriwether Must Scramble Again
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Hedge-fund manager John Meriwether is again scrambling to stem losses and keep investors from jumping ship, 10 years after he oversaw the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management.
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Thursday links: layoff fallout
http://abnormalreturns.com/2008/03/27/thursday-links-layoff-..."If you compare stock prices to underlying business value, stocks are cheaper now than at any time since 2002." (Morningstar.com) More on the "lost decade for stocks." (Bespoke Investment Group, Bill Rempel, Dash of Insight) The inside story of blow-up
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More Reasons To Keep It Simple
http://randomroger.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-reasons-to-keep...There was an interesting article in the WSJ yesterday about a couple of funds run by John Meriwether, yes the LTCM John Meriwether. He has a fixed income fund that instead of being levered 50 to 1 is levered about 14 to 1 (both numbers according to WSJ).
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Deals of the Day: The Clear Channel Restraining Order
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/03/27/deals-of-the-day-the-c...Deals of the Day includes all the major news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions and financing. For breaking deal news, turn to the WSJs Deals & Deal Makers page, or click here to automatically sign up for Deals Alert emails. Mergers
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