March 25, 2008

One Year In

Today marks the passage of one year since we posted the first humble item in this space. In those 12 months, we've seen a powerful cyclical bull run its course, a tremendous spike in market volatility, the rise, demise, and dubious debuts of high-powered players from the worlds of private equity and investment banking. We've seen incredible events--and a wide range of truly unbelievable claims.

Today we'll look forward to The Float's second year by taking a look back at its first, through a collection of our 10 favorite items, offered here in chronological order, starting in the Spring of 2007...

  1. "Slay the Right Dragon," May 17, 2007
  2. "It Pays To Do the Math," June 18, 2007
  3. "If the Fed Acts, Will It Matter?" September 10, 2007
  4. "Wring Out the Excess," September 14, 2007
  5. "A Short Note on Liquidity," October 12, 2007
  6. "Wasik on 401(k) Plans: Half Right," November 8, 2007
  7. "Real Participants, Real Problems," November 9, 2007
  8. "Hubris," January 7, 2008
  9. "Target-Date Funds Revisited," February 11, 2008
  10. "Faster Markets," February 14, 2008

We'll kick off our second year of blogging with new material tomorrow morning.

Mar 25, 2008 12:54:47 PM | Miscellaneous

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