Mase: Economics and Finance

A review and interpretation of current happenings in the world of economics and finance

Showing posts with label accounting rules. Show all posts

Showing posts with label accounting rules. Show all posts

Friday, September 11, 2009

Accountants Misled Us Into Crisis

This headline is the headline of an article I would recommend everyone read about the financial crisis. This article, by Floyd Norris, can ...

Thursday, April 2, 2009

FASB and the Mark-to-Market Rules

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) should have released their easier guidelines on ‘mark-to-market’ accounting on April Fool’s ...

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Uncertain Asset Values and the Stock Market

“Value investors prefer to estimate the intrinsic value of a company by looking first at the assets and then at the current earnings power o...

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Mase: Economics and Finance: Professional history: Banking--President and CEO of two publically traded financial institutions; Executive Vice President and CFO of another. Academic--Professor at Penn State University and at the Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Government--Special Assistant to Secretary George Romney at Department of Housing and Urban Development; Senior Economist in Federal Reserve System. Entrepreneurial--work in venture capital and other private equity; work with young entrepreneurs in urban environment.

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