Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2011

In olden times, the bond raters at S&P and Moody's were financial advice providers, sort of like Morningstar is today. They too are paid by issuers, but it doesn't appear to be as close, conflicted, or lucrative a relationship as that between, say, the structured-finance raters and the big investment banks.

Credit Rating 13

Credit Rating Bond Price Advice 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

When she's not at work managing a portfolio that consistently outperforms relevant benchmarks, you can find her at home buying and bearing bonds. But the fact is that in the Wild West of investing, an Annie Oakley is rare — the realm of investing is still very much a dude ranch. Some of the dreams I finance are close to home.

Finance 9

Finance P&L Due Diligence Hedge 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

If the past few years have taught us anything, it is that academic publishing is what the Internet was once called — the Wild West. Where should all this go in our minds?”. But what about peer review? Two-thirds of men, and almost 60 percent of women reported consuming less food than was physiologically plausible.

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Review Industry Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

I tried to get Greenspan to talk me for my November HBR article on economics and finance since the crisis , but he said he’d promised his publisher to keep mum until the book was out, which was too late for my purposes. It was the form in which the asset was financed. One is finance and the other is non-finance.

Long-term 12

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 12