Research Zeitgeist: Top Posts and Hot Topics
Interest in subprime-related topics is no longer dominating Research Recap’s Top Posts, possibly indicating that much of the collateral damage has been taken into account. This may be borne out by the most popular post of the week $300 Billion of CDO Losses Factored into Stock Prices, drawn from the OECD’s analysis of the credit crisis.
Retailing issues made a strong showing during the week, led by Forrester Research’s Retailers Dominate Customer Experience Rankings in second place and the Harvard study Warehouse Club Fees and Prices Lead Shoppers to Spend More in the fifth slot. With strong interest in Black Friday and Cyber Monday online and in-store shopping, it will be interesting to see whether this trend persists through the holiday season.
Two Private Equity posts rounded out the top 5, with S&P’s Few Lessons Learned from Failed LBOs of Recent Years at number 3 and the HEC Business School study Private Equity Underperforming Stock Markets, published by the Financial Times, at number four.
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