Investors are taking money off the table ahead of the US presidential election according to JP Morgan’s most recent Flows & Liquidity report. Self-Learning Machines Beating Hedge Funds Activist Hedge Funds... Read More

The highest negative press these days is probably spent on how badly quant hedge funds are doing, we have shed the same negative light on these vehicles as well... Read More

Credit Suisse global financial strategies head Michael Mauboussin has put together a checklist to make your first reaction to falling prices rational instead of reactionary Value investors will tell you... 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 investment world continues to tangle with an environment that is not the norm.  Central banks continue to remain cautious and promoting “easy money” policies that entail low interest... Read More

As consumers have become more comfortable signing up for insurance online or over the phone, direct auto insurers have stolen market share from agencies, and none have grown as... Read More

Crowded trades are becoming a problem for hedge fund managers, notes Novus Chief Research Officer Stanley Altshuller, a thought reinforced by a Morgan Stanley hedge fund research report. Altshuller tells... Read More

Sentiment pulled back slightly this week, but remains firmly in Euphoria territory making a downturn likely in the next year. While increasing equity net inflows provide some price support,... Read More

Lehman Brothers reached a settlement on Wednesday with the New York Giants, putting to rest a lingering dispute over soured interest-rate swap deals tied to the construction of MetLife... Read More

In select alternative investment circles a “hedge” fund manager puts their skill on display when the stock market heads south. While no one can predict the future, noncorrelated investment managers... Read More