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For ethanol, the money keeps flowing

It’s almost comical the amount of money that keeps getting invested in ethanol. I’ve commented on this before, how despite the weak performance of the existing crop of ethanol companies, like VeraSun...

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Why private equity will have to pay up

In a contentious debate the fun begins when one side or the other starts slinging mud to confuse people. It has started in the battle over taxation of “carried interest,” otherwise cast as whether...

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Leaks in the alternative-energy bubble

Fittingly for the day of the Iowa caucuses – a day when presidential wannabes pay obeisance for the last time of the year to the ethanol gods – a high-profile renewable energy company announced a...

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Sure signs of an alt-fuels investment bubble

I’ve written a handful of times in the past year about signs of a green backlash and a bubble in alternative-energy investments. I’m not one of those global-warming deniers, though. Nor do I think...

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Understanding Bernanke — and the economy

Like anyone who wants to know where our economy is going, I’ve been scouring the economics news more than usual of late. It’s confusing stuff. Market pros typically say the Fed under its newish...

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Hedge fund vet: The bubble is about to bite

Julian Robertson, the founder of Tiger Management and one of the most successful hedge funds managers ever, says we’re about to get bit. While Robertson agrees that the economy is recovering, he feels...

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Rolling Stone, bias, and the pitfalls of the human brain

On Sunday evening, Rolling Stone magazine released a bombshell retraction and apology for their “A Rape On Campus” story from November 2014. After the publication of an independent review by Columbia...

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What unicorns can do when the bubble bursts

Entrepreneurship 101 suggests that smart startups conserve their cash, particularly if they are the kinds of startups that are trying to create entirely new markets. Savvy investors are supposed to...

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Hype, growth, and chasing unicorns in tech

During the first tech bubble, I was going to retire by 30. I had stock options in a successful startup, a great career, and new opportunities seemed to be popping up every day. I knew a lot of people...

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Here’s how the growing corporate debt bubble could burst

Wall Street bankers have pushed corporate executives to become more and more comfortable with debt. Perhaps they have pushed too far. Earlier last week, when worries started to emerge about mining...

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