Ackman Considering Launching a Closed-End Fund
There is news out recently that Bill Ackman wants to launch a public fund. We've been writing about Ackman for years including a 2007...
Euromoney Acquires Ned Davis for $112mln
Congrats to everyone at my favorite institutional research shop on the recent news to be acquired by Euromoney. Lets hope nothing changes and the...
Taleb & Spitznagel Launching Black Swan ETF
From Forbes magazine:
"In July Universa intends to tap the financial adviser market by offering its own black swan ETF. The fund will mimic some...
New White Paper on Pension Funds
I'm finally ready to start cranking out these papers and my goal is to get out six more by year end. I am also...
IndexUniverse Webinar Tomorrow
I'm doing an IndexUniverse webinar tomorrow, swing by and come ask some questions!
6/14/2011 2PM Eastern
M* gets Predictive
This is an interesting note from Morningstar on how their analysts are going to start rating funds including qualitative measures:
The new ratings, which will...
Hulbert: Making the Trend Your Friend (Enemy?)
Mark Hulbert takes a look at trendfollowing in his recent article Making the Trend Your Friend. In the post he backtests the 200-day SMA...
Currency Carry: It Depends on the Valuation (aka the Dollar is Undervalued)
With the US Dollar being undervalued against most pairs on a PPP valuation basis I thought I would chime in quickly as a follow...
Combining Value and Momentum in Building a Stock Model
David Merkel is doing some really nice posts lately and here is one focusing on combining valuation and momentum in building a stock model:...
Come Hell or High Water
Surfer Keith Malloy's movie about his passion for bodysurfing: "It's about taking a breath, and kicking your feet, in the big blue sea …...
