Will a quant-led market crash foil stock investors in 2016? It is a concern of Anchor Bolt Capital. Ken Griffin “cub” Robert Polak, founder of Anchor Bolt, had a positive... Read More

David Simmonds, Head of Currency & EM Strategy, RBS, takes a look at volatility across the markets in his paper ‘RBS Currency Themes’, of September 30. Current volatility trends Volatility is... Read More

Active management can be saved, the answer? Sustainable investing Unless you have been living under a rock for the past two years, you will know that passive investing has accelerated... Read More

Highfields Capital will be shutting its doors according to an October 2nd letter to investors reviewed by ValueWalk. The letter notes that the wind-down will be complete by the middle... Read More

Great rotation move over! Once markets get comfortable with near-term risks of oil, U.S. earnings, and currency volatility, equities should continue to do well in 2015, according to Morgan Stanley. In... Read More

While stock benchmarks around the world, such as S&P, Eurostoxx, FTSE and Shanghai Composite, were generally down -3% in January – and the previously high-flying Nikkei down -8% – the... Read More

Anyone familiar with Bernard Connolly won’t be surprised that he is bullish on the Euro. He has recently sent out a note through Hamiltonian Associates arguing that not only... Read More

The autonomous future is upon us, an HSBC piece notes, and resistance is not only futile but also unnecessary. An “AI-infused” vehicle is something that “makes your life easier,... Read More

Algorithms are expanding their reach in the world of trading, a Greenwich Associates report observes. What was at one point the purview of high-frequency traders and systematic CTAs has... Read More

“Markets have been pricing in a Goldilocks scenario; benign growth, low inflation and slow central banks and therefore high valuations and low implied volatility,” notes Nomura Research analyst Kevin... Read More