“Alternative capital” from hedge funds, pension funds and other yield seeking institutional investors is becoming a larger piece of the reinsurance marketplace, notes a recent study from the U.S.... Read More

The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) has lost more than 2% of its value in the last five days of trading and continued its losses on Monday. The reason for the losses,... Read More

By Jacob L. Taylor and Lonnie J. of Farnam Investments “If you’re a basketball coach, you’re probably not going to arbitrarily hire a 5’6? player. You know there may be exceptions,... Read More

Given that the American labor market is by far the most important topic on the minds of voters, today’s labor market report provides an opportunity to review how presidents... Read More

Deutsche Bank AG (ETR:DBK) (FRA:DBK) (NYSE:DB) posted a loss this morning for the last three months of 2012. In the wake of that report, we take a look at... Read More

Sovereign Wealth Funds have crossed the $5 trillion milestone with total assets estimated at $5.38 trillion as of October 2013. Preqin, in its ‘The 2014 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review,’... Read More

A Credit Suisse report notes that long / short hedge funds have increased their short diversification percentages while funds made cuts to precious metals but additions to base metals... Read More

Corrleation between exec pay and Staffing Strategy, says a new study It has long been known that there is not much of a link between CEO pay and stock performance.... Read More

Buenaventura Now "Not Feasible" - For Social Reasons by Dave Forest, Pierce Point A number of ill reports for mining in Latin America this week. That included allegations by Brazilian prosecutors... Read More

Deutsche Bank AG’s TT International hedge fund has been having difficulty recently, as founder Tim Tacchi, who partnered with the German bank over two years ago, struggles to translate... Read More