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Dear Mr. Buffett: Tavakoli’s interview by Financial Times, Warren Buffett on Charlie Rose show, & more
Janet Tavakoli’s live interview with Financial Times:
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/09/50980/bailing-out-the-bad-guys/
Another Dear Mr. Buffett reviewer’s comments:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/113943-no-mere-buffett-a-14-course-menu
Watch Warren Buffett’s interview on The Charlie Rose Show in October 2008.
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Book Review of “Dear Mr. Buffett: What An Investor Learns 1,269 Miles From Wall Street,” by Janet TavakoliDrinking Kool-Aid?
by K. Graham
Warren Buffett, the legendary “Oracle of Omaha,” started communicating in 2005 with Janet Tavakoli, author of the book Structured Finance & Collateralized Debt Obligations (yes, that book was the subject of the featured review article in the last edition of HQ Financial Views). The gist of those conversations as they relate [...]
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Derivatives DetoxABSTRACT
Janet Tavakoli was one of the first and few voices speaking up about the risks of structured finance, including derivatives. The 2003 first edition of this book was a beacon warning of the dangers that this product line would play in creating the current global financial crisis. Her new book, Structured Finance & Collateralized Debt [...]
Blast from the Past with Update
Commodities: They’re not boring anymoreABSTRACT:
In July 2005 for the first time all commodity prices rose in the same period, Goldman Sachs outlandishly forecasted oil prices rising to $105/barrel, Goldman and Citigroup stated that these oil highs wouldn’t last with Citigroup saying that declining demand would be the restoring factor. Commodities expert Jodie M. Gunzberg, who is Marco Consulting Group’s [...]