Remove Economics Remove Numbers Remove Pharmaceutical Remove Treasury
article thumbnail

Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

CFO News Room

As the world’s attention is focused on the war in the Ukraine, it is the human toll, in death and injury, that should get our immediate attention, and you may find a focus on economics and markets to be callous. Ukraine, a part of the Soviet Union, has had its shares of ups and downs, and its economic footprint is even smaller.

Economics 130
article thumbnail

Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

Musings on Markets

As the world's attention is focused on the war in the Ukraine, it is the human toll, in death and injury, that should get our immediate attention, and you may find a focus on economics and markets to be callous. Ukraine, a part of the Soviet Union, has had its shares of ups and downs, and its economic footprint is even smaller.

Economics 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Transcript: Steven Klinsky

Barry Ritholtz

STEVEN KLINSKY, FOUNDER, CEO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEW MOUNTAIN CAPITAL: I come from the Detroit area of Michigan as a public school kid, went to University of Michigan and studied both economics and philosophy. September 13, 1981, I think the 10-year Treasury was 15.84 RITHOLTZ: Sorry about the theft of that last (inaudible).

article thumbnail

Paying People To Get Vaccines: The Ultimate Economic Stimulus?

PYMNTS

Among the economic principles you’ll find in textbooks: People do what they find rewarding. As we reported earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin stated during testimony before the Senate banking committee that restaurants are in need of significant grants (not loans).

article thumbnail

Transcript: Joel Tillinghast, Fidelity

Barry Ritholtz

And because my mother and grandmother were looking at these trying to figure out what was going on, I was curious about the sea of numbers. He developed the Ginnie Mae contract, which at one time was a big thing in treasury bond contract. And 00:28:03 [Speaker Changed] That’s an amazing number. That’s amazing.

article thumbnail

Transcript: Bethany McLean on Pandemic Fails

Barry Ritholtz

And it’s a story that is so much more than numbers. And you know, a bad diet tends to be associated with lower economic strata. And you mentioned South Korea was doing some ungodly number of tests a day, a hundred thousand tests a day. Maybe this is my way of unleashing my inner demons. No, seriously. Not great outcome.