Weekend Reads

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I have come to post most of my links and what I'm reading over on Twitter these days, so if you're interested you can...

Ackman vs. Loeb vs. Soros vs. Icahn

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It seems like the financial news consists largely of news items on what these four managers are up to. Who is buying Herbalife, what...

Undervalued Fantasy Players

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I've chatted with the Sports Insights crew for a while on constructing quant ideas in the sports analytics world.  They consistently do a good...

Country Multiples…Gabon a Buy?

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Great post from NYU prof Damodaran on country multiples.  (HT: Marcus) While we only did 40 or so countries, he takes it all the way to...

Investing With Third Point

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Third Point has been one of the best hedge funds in the world for the past decade or so.  The fund has returned about...

The 7/12 Allocation

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People seemed to really like our last post on asset allocation strategies.  Below is a sample allocation from an oft requested model, the 7/Twelve portfolio.  

Travel: NC

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I will be chatting up the CFA societies in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Raleigh next week.  Stop by and say hello if you're in town!   http://www.cfasociety.org/northcarolina/Pages/default.aspx   Charlotte August...

Asset Allocation Strategies

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I have been contemplating writing a book or white paper on asset allocation strategies.  But like many pieces I have started to write this...

Superhero Inflation

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A few fun infographics from Mashable/Samsung.  Kudos to the artist Bob  for getting most of the inflation numbers broadly correct.  (The exception is Batman,...

Just Go Halfsies

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Many people are attracted to investing (rather, trading)  largely due to the excitement.  Also, a lot of people like to have a position one...