Buzzword 2009.4 Leverage

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I am remiss as I have just realized that I have not previously tagged leverage as a buzzword. I guess it goes to show that some buzzwords become so embedded that we almost miss them.
We’ve heard a lot of bad things about leverage lately – sub prime mortgages, bank bailouts, [...]

Buzzwords 2009.2 and 2009.3

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Buzzword 2009.2 Sidecar FundsThe Gates Foundation got a fair bit of attention last week for the $10million in unsolicited funds that it raised in 2008. This is not just news for the Gates Foundation but for all of philanthropy – private foundations are going into the business of managing [...]

Buzzword 2009.1 – "move the needle"

Here’s the first buzzword of 2009 – and it was sent in, via twitter, from the #cof09 conference. To quote @QuixoteTilts:
“Move the needle,” official cliché of #cof09. Replaces “sea change” after a record-breaking run.”
Need I say anything more? Except to note that a shift from sea change to needle moving might be read as the [...]