Just launched! For information on statistics-related methodologies, initiatives and training, check out the new knowledge centre of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank #Statistics bis.org/ifc/knowledge_…

Adam Smith and why he's relevant for today 👇 #AdamSmith300 heraldscotland.com/politics/23174…

Inflation may be moderating more slowly than optimists hoped a year ago, before Russia’s war in Ukraine; but it is moderating nonetheless, and for the same reasons that optimists had outlined, notes Joseph E. Stiglitz of the Roosevelt Institute. bit.ly/3jsSTTa

City centre reimagining should be done with urgency | HeraldScotland heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23…

Back to the future...

Vodafone and Three merging would be a disaster – not least for your bills theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Harry Markowitz changed the world in a good way. His model is fundamental to financial theory, and best practice in investment management. His ideas have been part of my daily life for 40 years.

For those of you who are interested in equity risk premiums (and if you are not, who can blame you?), my July 2023 update of equity risk premiums is now up and running. bit.ly/3DeqxCW

👇Worth a listen - private equity flaws open.spotify.com/episode/24oj0A…

How can investors make good returns & avoid pitfalls from energy transition? Once again, investors have learnt the hard way that investing by acronym is never an enduring way to allocate capital A flurry of new funds offers clues My latest Financial Times 🧵 1/9 tinyurl.com/wkkyjt9c

Some interesting thoughts for Stirling University SMIF analysts to ponder.

Amazing, the contrast between HMRC's ability to bend or break the law, when under political pressure to help out obscenely wealthy private equity managers - and their 'computer says no' attitude to normal people. on.ft.com/3ttAHOt

If you have 3 mins: this is my attempt to answer the PMs assertion that the expansion of the uni system has been the ‘biggest mistake in 30 years’. The Value of Higher Education in Developed Economies hepi.ac.uk/2024/01/25/the… via Higher Education Policy Institute

Michael C. Jensen Tribute promarket.org/2024/04/05/mic…

In memory of Daniel Kahneman, who passed recently, we reposted this Enterprising Investor article and insights from his presentation at the 2018 CFA Institute Annual Conference. He shared four strategies for better decision making in finance and in life. bit.ly/3U51WJJ

👇Worth a read, from Russell Napier of The Solid Ground

Yet another #rogue #trader to add to a long list.

'All of economics is a behavioural science. The difference is whether you think the behaviour is irrational or rational.' The giant of modern finance discusses the wisdom of crowds and locking horns with the investment industry – over Lunch with the FT: on.ft.com/4g3OhM6

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”