Top 10 ETF Launches of 2012

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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

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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?

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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

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This is a paper we put out back in 2010, and I think it is a really fun read.  It combines the January Effect...

Alpha Now

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Great blog from Thompson called Alpha Now.  They do a feature called the month in charts, a few highlights below...      

Sentiment Updates

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Courtesy AAII  

The Global Market Portfolio

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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)

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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

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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

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Article & video here on Hedge Fund Letters on some hedge funds doing great this year.  Two  funds mentioned are Appaloosa & Lone Pine. Tracking...