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UK Parliamentary Group Calls for Evidence on Microfinance Regulation

8/11/12

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Microfinance has called for evidence from the public on whether and how to regulate microfinance. I've you've got something to say about this, tell them. The deadline is 16 days from now, August 27.

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How Donors and Investors See Microfinance Now

11/3/11

David Roodman

A question I've heard frequently in the last year: Have microfinance's travails affected its support from donors and social investors? When asked, I mostly have said I don't know, and pointed to Kiva's apparently continuing buoyancy.

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Surveying the Microfinance Investment Scene

9/6/11

David Roodman

Last month the microfinance rating company MicroRate published its latest annual survey of the State of Microfinance Investment.

The press release sums it up:

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Chasing Performance

9/2/10

David Roodman

A year ago I told you how to Beat the Market in Your Spare Time with My Proven Strategy...but offered the honest subtitle: Ten-year Report on My Experiment in Measured Contrarianism in Personal Finance. As you might recall, I began my experiment on August 19, 1999, so I just passed the 11-year mark. Here's my latest annual report.

When Socially Responsible Investing Isn't

12/21/09

David Roodman

I wrote about how, since all Wall Street stock pickers are smart, it is hard for any one of them to consistently out-smart the rest---and even harder for you, the small investor, to pick such a winner in advance.

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Beat the Market in Your Spare Time with My Proven Strategy

8/26/09

David Roodman

[Honest subtitle: Ten-year Report on My Experiment in Measured Contrarianism in Personal Finance]

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UK Parliamentary Group Calls for Evidence on Microfinance Regulation

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