Despite the word on the street, we’re not in an economic boom. This according to a recent article in The New York Times. “The economy has been mired in an…
Day: April 9, 2019
Wealth Management in the Tech Age: Google and Amazon are Looming
An article in Financial Planning discusses the possibility of tech giants entering the wealth management arena, adding that “numerous studies show consumers are keener to trust Google or Amazon than…
Quant Strategy for Picking Basketball Winners
An recent article in Bloomberg suggests that a factor investing technique might work well when picking winners in the March Madness brackets. The technique involves integrating traditional factor criteria with…
This Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Bucked the Trend
A recent article in Forbes profiles Jeffrey Talpins, a 44-year-old hedge fund manager that has “bucked the trend” with his firm Element Capital, returning “about 21% annually net of some…
In a Stock and Bond Twilight Zone, Balance is Key
Falling premiums on speculative-grade bonds against lofty equity valuations suggests that, “beneath the surface of the S&P rally that equity and debt investors are placing opposing bets on the business…