Hedge Fund Best Ideas and Consensus Follow-Up
In late 2006 I proposed tracking a portfolio of 10 hedge fund managers I considered to be great stockpickers. It sounded good to...
An update to the Gold Miners / Bullion Ratio Analysis
In February of '08 I wrote an article titled "When is it Time to Buy Gold Stocks?".
Please read that post for background info as...
Inside ETFs Conference
I'll be speaking at the Inside ETFs Conference next week. If you are in Miami or Boca Raton (or going to the conference)...
Timing Model Equity Curves
A reader asked me to post the equity curves for the timing model, so here they are:1973 - 2008, log chart:1973 - 2008, non-log...
Timing Model Returns 2008
Results are below for 2008, frictionless (no fees or trading costs are deducted), and monthly and yearly rebalances. The model is out-of-sample since...
Five Ideas For 2009
I thought I would summarize a few ideas mentioned on World Beta over the past few months as potential trading ideas based on some...
Tracking Jim Simons – Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies is likely the best performing hedge fund of all time. I love the fact that their hompage looks like it was designed...
Happy Holidays
I'm down in the tropics for the holidays and I just want to send out my best wishes to all the readers of World...
Let the Tiger Cubs Manage Your Portfolio
If you had to name the top hedge fund managers ever, Julian H. Robertson would certainly be on the list. Robertson successfully ran the...
