Category Archives: Syndicated
What the Big Short Can Teach Us About Investing
(Harvest) My kids have the mental age of ten and eleven year olds, because, well, they are ten and eleven years old!So, they fight pretty much constantly. For example: when my son wants past his sister in the hallway and […]
Top US Hedge Fund Manager Says China Heading For Financial Chaos
(The Irish Times) Kyle Bass, the American hedge fund manager who correctly called the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis, believes China is heading for financial chaos because of rapid credit expansion in the country’s banking system.In the most bearish prognosis yet […]
Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings Down 18.6 Percent so Far in 2016
(Reuters) Activist investor William Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings portfolio tumbled 18.6 percent so far this year, according to an investor with knowledge of the numbers.The comes after Pershing Square ended 2015 with its largest ever annual loss. To read this […]
Liquidity Squeeze Amplifies Market Swings – Conflicting Signals Challenge Investors
(Harvest) Since the turn of the year, markets have been driven by sentiment rather than fundamentals.In this uncertain environment asset prices do not, in our view, reflect the underlying economic data and are driven by powerful emotional responses, not well-reasoned […]
Wall Street Jobs are Leaving New York
(Business Insider) Reports for many Goldman Sachs employees, commuting to work does not mean riding the subway down to the firm’s waterfront headquarters at 200 West Street in New York City. That’s because a quarter of Goldman Sachs’ staff work […]
5 BIG Mistakes To Avoid When Choosing An Investment Advisor
(Harvest) Choosing an investment advisor is a very important decision that many investors rarely give much thought to. Some simply make a choice based on the recommendation of a friend or family member, while others stumble upon an advertising campaign […]
Current Thinking in Investment Manager Selection
(Harvest) Manager selection still does matter. To help readers navigate the manager selection process and stay current on the latest in both theory and practice, Mark Harrison, CFA, has compiled a range of informative materials from CFA Institute publication. To […]
Managed Futures’ Dominant January Performance
(Attaincapital.com) What’s not to like – with Managed Futures offering up an average gain of 2.25% in a month where stocks lost -5.21% and global stocks lost -6.71%. Obviously, it’s because at some level, we’re all performance chasers, while we […]
Some Hedge Funds Want to Make Subprime Auto Loans Next Big Short
(Bloomberg) A group of hedge funds, convinced they have found the next Big Short, are looking to bet against bonds backed by subprime auto loans. Good luck finding a bank willing to do the trade.Money managers have looked at betting […]
AIMA publishes guide to operational risk management
(Investment Executive.Com) Hedge fund managers are facing increased scrutiny from institutional investors, regulators and the media. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative body for alternative asset managers, on Tuesday released a new guide to operational risk management […]
The hedge fund manager who nailed the subprime crisis says China’s problem right now is 4 times as big
(Business Insider) Kyle Bass, founder and principal of Hayman Capital Management, at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York in 2013.Texan hedge fund manager J. Kyle Bass, the founder of Hayman Capital, has sent his first letter to investors on […]
Understanding Market “Liquidity”
(Harvest) Liquidity is generally defined as the ability to purchase or sell an asset without causing a dramatic change in price. However, this definition can be misleading as throughout the history of markets, we have seen securities trade with big […]