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...that is going to be more fertile for most active trading strategies, whereas for most of the past decade buying and holding the index was the best thing to do,” said Aaron Smith, founder of hedge fund Pecora...
...Wall Street will probably end up bearing the brunt of the blame in any case, the FT says – and warns that if you were hoping for a modern version of the Pecora Commission’s comprehensive investigation of...
...The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was set up by the US Congress as a latter-day version of the Pecora commission that examined the causes of the Great Depression....
...Channelling the ghost of the Depression-era prosecutor Ferdinand Pecora, Simon Johnson of The Baseline Scenario turns the charges into a rousing case for reform: When you deliberately withhold adverse material...
...Phil Angelides, chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a latter-day version of the Pecora commission that examined the Great Depression, said he planned to question overseas regulators to understand...
...In 1934, the 394-page Pecora report landed with a thud on desks across Washington and Wall Street....
...Outside short-sellers were blamed for the 1929 crash but the Pecora Commission investigation revealed that the main beneficiaries of the practice were banking insiders such as Albert Wiggin, the Chase president...
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