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The Man Who Called the Financial Crisis—70 Years Early

The Man Who Called the Financial Crisis—70 Years Early

Posted by on Nov 9, 2010 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig |  Nov. 6, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET Decades before anybody had ever heard of a mortgage derivative, an economist named Melchior Palyi predicted key causes of the 2008-2009 financial crisis with precision that makes a modern reader’s hair stand on end. His warnings help explain why investors insist on trusting...

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Have You Herd? Your Adviser Is Scared to Set You Straight

Have You Herd? Your Adviser Is Scared to Set You Straight

Posted by on Nov 2, 2010 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet   By Jason Zweig |  Oct. 30, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET On a weekend that is all about dressing up as somebody else, consider whether your financial adviser has been masquerading all along. Investment professionals are supposed to exercise independent judgment; in Warren Buffett’s words, they should be fearful when others are...

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Manias and Meddlers: The Secret Past of the Chinese Stock Market

Posted by on Oct 26, 2010 in Blog, Columns |

By Jason Zweig | Oct. 23, 2010  12:01 a.m. ET Image credit: Christophe Vorlet This week, the People’s Bank of China jolted stock markets around the world with a surprise interest-rate rise, and the leaders of China’s Communist Party called for “accelerating the transformation of the nation’s economic-development pattern.” This...

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Is Your Adviser Pumping up His Credentials?

Is Your Adviser Pumping up His Credentials?

Posted by on Oct 19, 2010 in Blog, Posts, Speaking |

Image credit: Calligraphic manuscript by Georg Bocskay, illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel, ca. 1561-1596, The Getty Museum   By Jason Zweig and Mary Pilon | Oct. 16, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET Just when Americans seem more desperate than ever for trustworthy investment advice, financial advisers are brandishing a baffling array of new credentials—some of which...

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What Conflict of Interest? How Power Blinds Us to Our Flaws

What Conflict of Interest? How Power Blinds Us to Our Flaws

Posted by on Oct 19, 2010 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig |  Oct. 16, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET Why do powerful people with so much to lose push so hard to squeeze out a little more gain for themselves? That question lingers after The Wall Street Journal’s series of articles about securities trading by members of Congress and their aides. As the Journal has shown,...

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