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The next big thing in VC?
Is the next big thing materializing in the VC industry? The next biotech or dot-com investment surge? Well, a lot of firms are bent on investing in clean tech firms. All the big firms are moving in, and it seems to have energized Silicon Valley all over again. Article
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More on Madoff feeder drama
We've noted the drama surrounding the many feeder funds that lived off Bernard Madoff. Were they victims, or accomplices? Recall that the state of New York has already charged Ascot Partners, headed by J. Ezra Merkin, of deceiving his clients by "falsely claiming he actively managed their funds,"
The costs of alpha
Kenneth French, of Fama-French fame, has drawn attention for a working paper that calculated the cost of trying to generate alpha. The New York Times relates how the Dartmouth finance professor simply added up all the costs of investing--fees, transaction costs and other things--and then deduc
