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The Economist commodity-price index A roller-coaster ride for prices in 2011 resulted in several commodities reaching record levels in the early part of the year before dropping sharply in the latter half.

a little different....

Worth all the sweat ONE sure giveaway of quack medicine is the claim that a product can treat any ailment. There are, sadly, no panaceas. But some things come close, and exercise is one of them.

Lower risk, Higher returns??

PIMCO | Viewpoints - Stock Volatility: Not What You Might Think And over 25 years, with the market returning an average of 7.65% annualized, a striking relationship exists between risk and return. This should be enough for investors to reexamine their perception of risk and return:

Purchasing Power Parity; well, sort of....

The Big Mac index Burgernomics shows Switzerland has the most overvalued currencyTHE ECONOMIST's Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity: in the long run, exchange rates should adjust to equal the price of a basket of

Ethics in practice......

Michael Woodford: Whistleblower of the Year Former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford has been named "Whistleblower of the Year" by the Austin, Texas-based Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, whose house publication is Fraud Magazine.

30 yr US Treasury returns were even higher and closer to 35%.
Source: ThomsonReuters

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FRM Level I Orientation will be held at 7 pm on Tuesday 3 January 2012. More details will be posted soon

Classes for FRM Level I are tentatively scheduled to commence on Thursday 29 December 2011 at 7 pm.

Instructor: Madiha Javaid, FRM, CFA

Level III classes commence from Tuesday 20 December 2011 at 7 pm.
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