Thinking About Risk
There are lots of ways to (try and) reduce risk in a portfolio. Adding (truly) non-correlated asset classes, using risk management and tactical trading...
Trendfollowing on Currencies
I have been waiting for a mutual fund or ETF/N to come out on some other currency indexes other than carry, and value and...
New Short Sale Disclosures and More Investing Websites
I haven't seen much ink on the new Dodd Bill and potential short sale disclosure requirements, so it came to my surprise when I...
Tracking the #1 Mutual Fund Over the Past Decade
Nice article out of Arends in the WSJ on Bruce Berkowitz's Fairholme fund:
How is Bruce Berkowitz making your mutual fund managers look bad? Easy....
How Will You Measure Your Life?
The first couple links are via Altucher:
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Although this has been on Hedge Fund Letters for awhile, I have never...
Weekend Reading
Trying to get up to speed on this volatility trendfollowing paired with stop-loss provisions (S&P Index with product coming out from Direxion).
Coverage from VIX...
Li Lu to Fill CIO Spot at Berkshire?
Lots of chatter about Li Lu filling in when Buffett steps down. Anyone have any Himalaya Capital or LL Investment Partners letters?
From Bloomberg article:
"Li’s...
The Death Cross, or, Questioning What You Read
From a recent article by Mark Hulbert titled "Track Record of the Death Cross":
Blake LeBaron, a finance professor at Brandeis University who has ...
Weekend Reading
Ten Stock Market Myths
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The Cubs are Struggling
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What Did Investors Learn From the 2008 Crash?
What's the most important finding in your recent research?
For me the...
Hedging Tail Risk, Net Payout Yield, and Are You Ready for S&P500 270?
Oh nice! Dividend and net share issuance data back to the 1920s! Report back any great findings or studies you run. (HT: Sea for...
