Members of FT Alphaville’s private finance forum, the Long Room, enjoy (and regularly engage in) spirited debate. Here’s a selection of what’s been said and posted just recently:
- User Praxis22 philosophizes on the ‘problem with wisdom’ over on Monkey’s Table.
- Just what is the ’10 year US swap spread’ telling us? That’s a very good question, one that continues to baffle User nnyhav over on Credit and Fixed income.
- Tracy Alloway gives us the details of the latest ‘European Stress Test reax round-up’ on The Wall of Worry.
- Super SWF gives us an insight into the weird and wonderful world of Buddhist economics.
- Just how misguided is the Austerity Debate? Find out over on The Strategists Table.
- Take a look at the Strategists Table for Jeremy Grantham of GMO’s ‘Seven Lean Years’.
- Should we start investing in gold? User FXIS asks just this over on The Strategists Table.
About FT Alphaville’s Long Room: Inspired by a famous restaurant in the City of London which was a favoured haunt of financial pundits and market movers up until the 1980s, The Long Room is an exclusive community reserved for our core readership of City of London and Wall Street professionals. Membership of the Long Room is free, but subject to approval by the editorial team.
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