When non-consensus investor and author Rupal Bhansali looks at Apple Computer, she sees a misunderstood company. “Apple is not a tech company,” the portfolio manager at Ariel Investments exclusively... Read More
In attempting to acquire and communicate wisdom from the world’s best investors, traders and even investment bloggers, the team at CSLA has a significant job on their plate. In... Read More
The odyssey of finance miscreant Jacob Wohl has finally led to felony fraud charges for the 21-year-old and his Montgomery Assets partner, Matthew Johnson. Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops... Read More
Jenny Warshafsky, a covenant analyst at Xtract research, sees terms for lenders getting worse and worse. But Warshafsky says a recent $250,000 deal put together in the software industry... Read More
Global hedge funds are squeezing out positive performance in 2019, but continue to lag the US stock market. The Mizuho Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 4.08% on the... Read More
How do portfolio managers find the needle of alpha in a haystack of hedge funds accused of riding a wave of beta? In an environment where the largest hedge... Read More
Clearing institutional currency (FX) trades can cost up to 70% less using listed derivatives as opposed to over the counter (OTC) options when new margin rules take effect, a... Read More
Corporate lending was at one point a staid and relatively low-risk endeavor. But concern is mounting as risk profiles soar on several levels. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Photo... Read More
Is alternative data becoming, well, less alternative? Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc geralt / Pixabay A recent Greenwich Associates report points out that close to half of all investment managers... Read More
When she started on Wall Street analyzing OTC credit derivatives at the turn of the century, Amy Zhang received an insider’s view into how the finance sausage was made... Read More
Cliff Asness has smashed his computer screen, again. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc 2018 has been a challenging period for “Mr. Momentum” and his firm, AQR Capital Management. Nearly... Read More
Opportunity zone investing is gaining steam. The bi-partisan Congressional creation, sponsored by two African-American US Senators, one Democratic and another Republican, and championed under the Trump administration, had key... Read More
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its industrious cousin, Machine Learning (ML), are becoming ubiquitous in daily life – loaded to the gills in smart phones, seamlessly interwoven into social media... Read More
With the implementation of MiFID II more than a year ago, European hedge fund trading “underwent a tectonic shift,” according to a Greenwich Associates report. The new regulations, which... Read More
Nearly one month after JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon told Congress that another Lehman-style market crash is not a concern, the International Monetary Fund has a different message.... Read More
Eric Sorensen is one of the last standing men of his generation. As one of the early quants, Sorensen, now 71, is the oldest quant researchers running a large... Read More
Aswath Damodaran has a message to equity market naysayers who think the stock market, riding a decade long bull, is a bubble about to pop. The oft-quoted author of... Read More
Can a name change mean that all from the past is forgiven… or forgotten? Q4 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Fintav, which in January sued Apple Inc over a patent... Read More
In 2011, as social media was starting to become a popular societal mainstay, financial professionals who used it were sometimes looked upon as a retail-focused publicity seeking oddity who... Read More
The hedge fund industry had its challenges in 2018, a Barclays report on the topic reveals. Not only was performance negative again, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Index down... Read More
Almost three years ago, June 28, 2016, the story of asset transfers out of a little-known technology company, Mozido didn’t make headlines except in ValueWalk. The company provided low-income... Read More
Lukasz Tomicki, the founder of Austin, TX-based LRT Capital, had a life-changing moment after he achieved a degree of success. This led him into the hedge fund business where his... Read More
