Fun with SSRN

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It never occurred to me to publish any of my research (or write a blog). My paper that I published earlier this year,...

Will Dividends Go The Way Of The Dinosaur?

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An article in the recent Barron's - "Buyback vs. Payout" - takes on the topic by highlighting a new study by Douglas Skinner. ...

AlphaLetters Selected Journal Paper Reviews

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Nothing to do this weekend? (I'm grasping the last days of Summer BBQ'ing all weekend.) Here is a boatload of academic papers to...

Geronimo!

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Geronimo Funds, which aimed to bring absolute return funds to the masses, recently announced they are shutting all three of their mutual funds. ...

More On The Endowment Style Of Investing

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I was flipping through a copy of Alpha Magazine the other day, and there was a great article titled, "Back to Beta". It...

Payout Yield

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I have a small account of my own that I am going to track with a payout yield portfolio starting at the close today...

Sports Betting & 11th Hour

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I can't believe Vegas only has my Denver Broncos winning 9 games this year. I sure hope Dr. Bob likes them more than...

Your Pasta is About To Get A Lot More Expensive

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Going to hit resistance at the 1996 high?Chart from futuresource.com

Listed Hedge Funds

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Can listed hedge funds take you where you want to go - or are their benefits merely an illusion?I don't know why listed hedge...

Market Efficiency and Closed-End Funds

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An economics professor and a grad student are walking along the sidewalk, and the grad student spots a twenty dollar bill on the sidewalk....