Stephen Phillip Brown

  • The Wheat and the Chaff

    By Stephen Phillip Brown  |  October 1, 2007

    Growth in the exchange traded fund market has been near exponential over the past two years, at least in the numbers of new ETFs hitting...

  • The Perils of Entropy

    By Stephen Phillip Brown  |  June 1, 2007

    Consider the mind-boggling possibilities of compound interest: If the Lenape tribe of Native Americans had invested the 60-guilder ($24) proceeds from their sale of Manhattan...

  • Mix and Match

    By Stephen Phillip Brown  |  November 1, 2006

    In the world of finance, Wall Street is generally the doyen--the leader in financial engineering, product development and implementation. But on rare occasions, Wall Street...

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