This is the fourth in a series of posts regarding the Fed’s balance sheet, and quantitative easing. Unlike the first three, I’m not going to do the graphs of the composition of the Fed’s balance sheet that I did before, because I’m not sure it’s relevant to the present...
Is anyone going to be able to stop U.S. Real Estate and US Stocks? Yeeeeshh, those two classes rebounded big time in Sep, to get back into the 20%+ club. In the world of MF, there was a classic reversion to the mean after a big August, causing managed...
RCM’s Jeff Malec was able to sit down on a panel at Profit & Loss magazine’s annual Forex Network conference here in Chicago, to talk profit and loss in the managed futures/macro space (Which sort of reminds us of the new Allstate commercial talking about being a tailgator tailgating...
Summary: SmileDirectClub (Nasdaq:SDC) SmileDirectClub is a company that claims to be disrupting orthodontics with its “teledentistry” platform and with its at-home ‘do it yourself’ model. We believe the company is carelessly cutting corners in a field of specialized medicine, putting customer safety at risk. Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops...
In early May in the year 878 AD, Alfred the Great of the Kingdom of Wessex fought a decisive battle against a massive Viking army at a place called Ethandun in southwest England. Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Stevebidmead / Pixabay Alfred won the battle, defeated the Vikings, recaptured London,...
Mergermarket, an Acuris company, released its Global M&A roundup for Q1 – Q3 of 2019, including its financial advisors league tables. Take a look at the report HERE and don’t forget to review the charts breaking down the activity by sector, value, year-to-year analysis, etc. Q2 hedge fund letters, conference,...
Some people find it difficult to save. This not only applies to people, but corporations, endowments, governments, etc. There is some amount of cash available to be spent. Why not spend it? There is some amount of borrowing that could be done that could allow you spend more. Why...
The Threat To Limit Capital Flows To China And Pending Impeachment Conflict: Next Logical Steps In A Classic Dangerous Journey? The 1935-45 Analogue Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Regarding that classic dangerous journey, you have heard me describe it many times but, at the risk of boring you, I...
Introduction I would like to credit my good friend Jeff Miller for providing the inspiration for this article. In his recent article titled “Weighing The Week Ahead: Falling Confidence A Possible Threat To Markets” he suggested a must read article by Safal Niveshak titled “Why Value Investing Works.” Q2 hedge fund...
We’ve all been rather trained to be very cautious around the VIX, you know – with infographics like this one showing you’ll likely lose all your money and VIXmageddon last February and all. But those who trade the VIX don’t just buy the VIX and hope for the best,...
Portfolio holdings data provides insight into managers’ sentiment toward individual securities and sectors. Comparing positions and exposures at the universe level provides both investors and managers a better understanding of how their investments differ from their peers, to what degree they differ and in what ways their portfolios have...
Seventeen public pension plans reported commitments to Private Equity funds in July 2019, accounting for $822 million of investments. Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Average commitment size by public plans was $29 million per commitment, with a total of 28 commitments reported. As of July 31, 2019, 100 public plans...
eVestment’s Market Lens solution contains thousands of documents with information on the actual fees public plan investors have negotiated with their traditional and alternatives asset managers. This report provides an overview of the negotiated fees from a sample of 180 hedge fund commitments made by 50 U.S. public plans,...
The state income data from the American Community Survey (ACS), released this morning by the Census Bureau, showed that in 2018, household incomes across the country rose—albeit more slowly, and in fewer states, than in the previous year. From 2017 to 2018, inflation-adjusted median household incomes grew in 33...
The negative commentary around the current state of flows has become monotonous. Redemption pressures continued into August making it the sixth consecutive month of outflow and eleventh in the last twelve. It has been more than a year since the majority of managers’ data has indicated widespread allocations. Q2 hedge...
At some point the global economy will get a dose of reflation. Whether that comes from the current central bank easing cycle, fiscal policy response, coordinated fiscal-monetary action, or a détente in the US-Sino trade dispute is not yet known. However, when it happens a certain group of stocks...
I’ve never really been prone to schadenfreude— a feeling satisfaction from someone else’s misfortune. Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc kaboompics / Pixabay But I am a big believer in the Karmic justice. If you’re a dirty scumbag who constantly lies, cheats, and steals, sooner or later the universe is going...
It’s like Lord Voldemort himself is running around the stock exchanges these days sucking Unicorn blood to stay alive. The latest victim is Peloton ($PTON), lovingly known as a screen on a bike from those on the short side (borrowed from the camera on a stick schtick that was...
Over the past 90 years, the world has changed dramatically, and so has the stock market. Investment trends and fads have come and gone, while old-world companies have collapsed, to be replaced by newer upstarts. But the one thing that hasn't changed over all these years is the outperformance of...
Spruce Point is pleased to issue a unique investment research opinion on Premier, Inc. ( "PINC" or "the Company"), a healthcare services organization. Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc The report outlines how Premier, Inc faces 55% - 75% downside risk to approximately $8 to $15 per share. The report...
CTA/managed futures hedge funds rebound in August with strong performance driven gains Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Equal-weighted and asset-weighted hedge fund performance Hedge fund managers ended August 2019 down 0.35% on an equal-weighted basis, and 0.54% on an asset-weighted basis. The risk-off sentiment persisted throughout the month, as the...
FORECASTS & TRENDS E-LETTER by Gary D. Halbert September 24, 2019 Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc IN THIS ISSUE: 1. US Manufacturing Sector Officially in Contraction Mode 2. Strong Consumer Spending Continues to Drive Economy 3. Is the Treasury Yield Curve Really Inverted? It Depends 4. Fed Cut Rates a Second Time to Fight Yield...
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