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Tavakoli Structured Finance, Inc.
Janet Tavakoli, President
360 E. Randolph St. Suite 3007
(312) 540-0243
Chicago, Illinois 60601 USA
jt@tavakolistructuredfinance.com

 


Tavakoli Structured Finance, Inc. assists clients in maximizing the value of structured financial products.

"Alternative" Links - These represent an eclectic assortment of topics in investments, economics, finance and risk management, but are not necessarily germane to structured finance. These sites are chiefly pro-bono efforts that provide excellent resources in their respective area/s and are mentioned because of their high quality, unique focus and/or non-commercial agenda.

Andrew Tobias: Money and Other Subjects
Daily thoughts on finance and topics of general interest from the author of The Only Investment Guide You Will Ever Need.

Bank of Japan (in English)

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Berkshire Hathaway: Warren Buffett's Letters to Shareholders (1977- most recent)
Few beyond BRKA shareholders have read this incredible gold mine of expert information on how to value corporations (and more). The fact that this gift hides in plain site disproves the theory of efficient markets.

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

DefaultRisk
Greg Gupton, Senior Director of Research at Fitch Ratings, designed and maintains this first-rate pro-bono web site on his own time. This is the web's most comprehensive credit risk modeling and measurement resource for corporate debt.

Department of Justice

Federal Reserve Bank

FT Alphaville
Current global news affecting hedge funds and the capital markets. "Seeking Alpha" with an international focus.

Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
Affiliate membership is free.

GloriaMundi
Barry Schachter scrupulously vets all content to focus exclusively on risk management issues.

HedgeWorld aka LIPPER HedgeWorld (Reuters)
This is the most comprehensive coverage of news affecting the hedge fund industry and the international capital markets. Registration is required for online topical news. Subscription for the premium coverage.

Implode-o-Meter
Aaron Krowne, entrepreneur, finance blog contributor and head of Planet Math, started this site in late 2006 - a suprisingly good chronicle of recent events in the troubled US mortgage lending market.

International Trade Commission

Japanese Ministry of Finance (in English)

Naked Shorts
Greg Newton's insightful and delectable "alternative thoughts on alternative assets.
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Dr. Sam Savage
Dr. Sam Savage, son of the esteemed statistical theorist Professor Leonard Savage, is the most underrated mathematical mind for practical problem solving of our time. He advertises his software as "informational design," but you can easily adapt it to solve "complex" financial problems. His elegant software makes ingenious use of Microsoft's Excel: Monte Carlo on your desktop.

Securities and Exchange Commission - EDGAR Database
Unvetted, often unintentionally hilarious public filings are posted on the SEC's site.
[Note: Mystery Writers of America (MWA) gives out an annual award called an "Edgar" to top fiction writers, but it has nothing to do with the SEC's EDGAR filings. MWA vets its submissions.]

Securities Class Action - Stanford's site

Seeking Alpha
The internet site for the most insightful up-to-the minute financial news watched by hedge funds and other professional investors. When you want to monitor mob thinking, this is the site to visit.

Talking Points Memo
Current US political news that may affect your investments. Joshua Micah Marshall manages this blog avidly read by Republicans, Democrats, political pundits and reporters for current - often original - research on Washington shenanigans.

US Census Bureau

Wikipedia
There is no link, since this is a public service announcement. If you do a word search on Google, Wikipedia will usually be the first thing that pops up. Yet from behavioral finance to structured finance, your financial IQ will almost certainly drop for having read it.

   

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