Weekend Linkfest
I always save old copies of Barrons that had investment ideas I found interesting, but wanted to revisit at a later time. I...
Vonnegut on the Financial Markets
I really miss Kurt Vonnegut.
From Galapagos, circa 1985:
The thing was, though: When James Wait got there, a worldwide financial crisis, a sudden...
Wahoo Wha??
A lot of the endowments are struggling with the recent market meltdown. Unfortunately, my alma mater happens to be one of the worst...
"Risk is what you make of it."
With lots of hedge funds turning in horrendous performance numbers, if I was Ken Griffin (and my flagship fund was down 44%), I would...
2nd Blogiversary
World Beta just reached its second year blogging - 400 posts and counting! Rainy and nasty here in Portland.----It looks like Farallon and...
Kabloooey!
Back in March of 2007 I wrote about how the option selling funds were a blowup waiting to happen. Below is an update...
When It Hits The Fan……
..all correlations go to 1.This year has been marked by truly horrendous returns, not just in equity markets, but in nearly every market and...
