Category Archives: Investment management

Trump to Give CEOs Even More Power Versus Investors Via Ending Quarterly Reporting, Other Anti-Transparency Measures

Trump is again weakening America’s position to the benefit of the privileged few, here public company CEOs

‘Disaster in the Making’: Trump to Open 401(k)s to Crypto, Private Equity Vultures

“Stuffing private equity, crypto…. into 401(k)s is about propping up scams and bailing out an industry that’s run out of buyers”

Financial Times and Stanford Business School Describe How Private Equity Investors Like CalPERS Act Like the Dumb Money They Are

More on how private equity investors like CalPERS willingly go along with their victimization.

“How Much Longer Can We Trust Our Economic Statistics?”

Trump budget whackage will further degrade the quality of official statistics. And that really does matter.

Good Riddance: CalPERS’ Atrocious General Counsel Matt Jacobs to Retire

A partial catalogue of the horrowshow of Matt Jacob’s tenure as CalPERS general counsel.

Insurers Dump Catastrophe Risk of Climate Change and Earthquake to Chump Bond Investors. What Could Go Wrong?

Garden variety investors, including retail, are signing up to insure climate change and other disaster risk via catastrophe bonds.

Michael Hudson: The Collapse of America’s Economic Empire

Michael Hudson, expanding on his seminal work Super Imperialism, chroniciles the rise and in-process decline of US financial hegemony.

CalPERS Retiree Group Launches GoFundMe for Investigation on Private Equity Fees

CalPERS retirees are raising funds to have a big go at private equity fee secrecy. Please chip in if you are a California taxpayer!

New SEC Chief on Board with Letting Retail Chumps Invest in Private Equity Even as Pros Like Kuwait Sovereign Wealth Fund Sound Red Alert

The SEC, in its munificence, is planning to allow more retail investors to be fleeced by private equity.

When Illusions of Wealth Shape the Economy: Understanding Pseudo-Wealth, Macroeconomic Volatility, and Social Welfare

Why pseudo-wealth like crypto is detrimental to social welfare, as in the collective good.

Billionaire Blasts Private Equity’s Continued Grifting as Performance Falls Further

The once-above-criticism private equity industry is on the receiving end of long-overdue takedowns, some of them pointed.

US-Ukraine Minerals Deal: Has Trump Agreed to Continue Military Support? Even if Not, Will He Fall for an Endowment Effect Trap?

Will the Ukraine minerals deal become a tar baby for Trump?

How the American Economy Is Rigged to Serve the Rich, and Why Tariffs Won’t Change That

The money to support well-paid American jobs exists—it’s just being hoarded by the rich.

Private Equity Shares Tank Based on Trump Tariffs; Private Equity and Credit Crises Coming?

How the Trump tariffs will whack private equity, and even more so, investors like CalPERS and other public pension funds.

What Will Tech Moguls Do With Their Wealth?

Tech billionaires are embedding themselves in U.S. economic systems while experimenting with new ways to manage their fortunes