Want to Invest in the Weather?
Alternative asset classes fascinate me. James Altucher does a good job covering the space, and even has a book on the subject (but...
Renaissance to Launch New $25B Managed Futures Fund
When the best hedge fund on the planet decides to launch a new fund, it bears watching. Even more interesting is the area...
The Market Portfolio
The market portfolio is a portfolio consisting of a weighted sum of every asset in the market, with weights in the proportions that they...
Invest Like John Griffin – Blue Ridge Capital
If you had to name the top 5 best hedge fund managers ever, Julian Robertson would certainly be on the list. (He's also...
Gene Therapy Comes of Age?
I started out my undergraduate at the University of Virginia in Aerospace Engineering. After a year or so in that track (and a...
AlphaLetters Weekly Paper Review
I am excited to announce a new feature to World Beta readers - a weekly review of some of the top academic working papers...
CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (PUT)
(Note: Original table is corrected, thanks for the heads up)CBOE just introduced a new PutWrite index to complement their BXM covered call strategy. ...
New Listed Diamond Hedge Fund
Foreign markets, especially London, continue to innovate with listed alternatives far more than the US. The US just recently listed the first quasi-hedge...
US States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDPs
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Summer Reading
I don't know how CXO does it, I really don't. They consistently churn out great reviews of cutting edge academic papers. In...
