efficient markets ...

2002-08-03 Thread Koushik Sekhar
If the markets are efficient, does it mean that you can buy at any time, using any methodsand you will still make the same returns as somebody else whois smarter ? Koushik

What is predatrory lending ?

2002-09-20 Thread Koushik Sekhar
What is predatory lending ? What are sub-prime rate loans ? What is the problem with lenders lending at low rates ? Koushik

Negative wealth effect

2003-01-13 Thread Koushik Sekhar
Has anybody seen any work done on negative wealth effect ie effect on consumption as wealth/networth goes down? Do positive and negative changes in wealth have the same magnitude effect on consumption ? Do these effects kick in with same lag i.e. does a drop in wealth lead to a lower consumption,

Re: Bubblemania

2003-01-23 Thread Koushik Sekhar
Should markets be priced assuming that nothing will go wrong (random shocks) or should markets be priced assuming that something will go wrong ? If the answer is the latter, then shouldn't some margin of error provided for the consequences of these random shocks ? Are these events truly random.