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Tag Archives: bankruptcy
Don’t worry too much about the Dubai World default.
Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Politics, The Global Economy
Tagged Abu Dhabi, bankruptcies, bankruptcy, Ben Bernanke, buildings, China, Chris Dodd, credit, creditors, debt, dollar, Dubai, Dubai World, Federal Reserve, Finance, Financial Markets, housing boom, housing market, international housing market, investing, investments, morgages, office buildings, Peter Schiff, property prices, public debt, real estate, real estate prices, Ron Paul, skyscrapers, United Arab Emirates, US currency, US dollar, US economy, US housing market, US monetary policy, Washington Post
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How VC blogger Paul Kedrosky pumped up HedgeStreet to his gullible readers in 2006, and later failed to update them with the hard fact of its (de facto) bankruptcy. Why telling the truth to readers when it’s easier to tell them fairy tales?
- Paul Kedrosky was all excited, in April 2006, to tell his gullible readers that HedgeStreet received another round of funding —adding all up to $24.9 million. – And just 18 months after Paul Kedrosky’s pronouncement, HedgeStreet (v1) ate the … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Business, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets
Tagged bankruptcy, HedgeStreet, Paul Kedrosky, prediction markets, Titanic, USD, VC
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