Mr. Market Gives Buy and Hold a Holiday Present, or, Have You Learned Anything from the Crisis?

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Rewind back to February of this year. At the end of February most asset classes were in massive drawdowns referenced in the table below. The...

Newspapers, Financial Media, and Online Investment Sites

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Today is a perfect example of why I would rather read Abnormal Returns than the WSJ, FT (my favorite of the papers), IBD, and...

Dividends and (Net) Payout Yield

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Nice article from my friend Jake over on EconompicData on buybacks and dividend yields. I used to spend a lot of time talking about dividends...

Nice New Charting Package

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AOL Daily Finance (HT: GDP)

NAAIM Wagner Award $10,000

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Call for papers, deadline is March 15th, 2010. Last year's winner here: Tactical Equity Allocation Model (T.E.A.M.) A Quantitative Approach for Investing in Long-Term Trends by...

Dreaming of Snow

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Three new feet in Mammoth! Some cool recent snow related links: Jackson Hole Mtn Guides Whistler Alpine Guides Bureau and Snowmobile Guides Monarch SnowCat Tours Kirwood PowerCat Tours Micah Heli Silverton...

Mutual Funds vs. Hedge Funds

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I have written a ton of posts on why hedge funds attract the best talent in the investing field (namely, compensation).  Let's look at...

To My Writer Friends

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This New Yorker article is the funniest (and most accurate) piece on publishing I've ever read.

Hedge Fund Alpha Titans

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Interesting website someone emailed me the other day - Alpha Titans. Looks like a FOF marketed to financial professionals (and individuals too?).  Fee structure...

Worried About That Holiday Bonus?

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Always nice to have some comps to compare to: Alpha Magaznie Hedge Fund Compensation Tables