Top 10 ETF Launches of 2012
Back in Feb I predicted that Gross's new fund would raise $5b (and it didn't so I had to buy Jake at EconomPic dinner...
Stock Market Forecast = Marine Layer
Living in Los Angeles I've often woken up in the morning to see a big grey haze out everywhere (like today) that people affectionately...
The End of a Trend?
Investment styles go through cycles of performance. I was chatting with a friend the other day about the relative underperformance of trendfollowing funds the...
Politics and Profit
This is a paper we put out back in 2010, and I think it is a really fun read. It combines the January Effect...
The Global Market Portfolio
Nice paper:
Strategic Asset Allocation: The Global Multi-Asset Market Portfolio
Abstract:
The portfolio of the average investor contains important information for strategic asset allocation purposes. This portfolio...
Alternatives Update (Risk Parity Funds Launch)
AQR out with a couple new risk parity funds (targeting 10% and 15% vol). I think when the SEC gets comfortable with derivatives an...
Blood in the Streets
As a follow up to our valuation work, this is a fun table of countries and their CAPE values as well as current drawdowns...
Funds Killing It This Year
Article & video here on Hedge Fund Letters on some hedge funds doing great this year. Two funds mentioned are Appaloosa & Lone Pine.
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