Financial Markets

Some economists of the Austrian School contend that business cycles are created when banks use the proceeds of short–term time deposits to create longer-term loans. 

The Fed does not produce work or items of value.

Many still blame “deregulation” for the financial disaster that was caused by an intricate web of federal laws and regulations, writes Dale Steinre

An entire generation of students has been taught to accept efficient market theory (EMT) as gospel.  They have learned about investing in securities in an academic environment that rejects fundamental analysis. 

Unfortunately, Peter Bossaerts’ text, The Paradox of Asset Pricing, offers no relief from past use of flawed methodologies. Bossaerts is professor of finance and director of the Laboratory

The winner’s curse was “discovered” in low rates of return on certain types of capital goods acquired in auctions or negotiated acquisitions. 

Almost anyone who was of age and living in the United States during the 1980s will remember that it was given the moniker of “Decade of Greed.” As

There are many methods for choosing common stocks for investment. These methods may or may not be consistent with a traditional Austrian view, depending on the processes involved and basic tenets of the analysis.

This paper investigates whether the government regulation of insider trading or insider trading laws can be effective.

In this article, the prime concepts are based on the Mises-Hayek theory of the business cycle.  Using this model as the general framework for analysis, additions and modifications are introduced reflecting theoretical advances and current problems