A recent Bloomberg article offers an overview of the performance of Harvard University’s endowment fund, highlighting the failed efforts by the school’s highly paid money managers to “manage risks other…
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Why Artificial Intelligence Won’t Fundamentally Change Investing
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — Artificial Intelligence is going to change the world. It already has in many ways. But its best days are still ahead of it. So many industries,…
Annie Duke on Investing, Gambling and Decision-Making
In a recent podcast interview with Bloomberg, legendary poker player Annie Duke—who retired from poker in 2012—explains how “getting used to dealing with noisy data” can serve you well in…
Become an Equity Compounder à la Buffett
By John Reese (@guruinvestor) — It’s a simple concept but, over time, it accomplishes extraordinary things. That’s how legendary investor and stock market guru Warren Buffett has described compound interest, a…
Cliff Asness Hedges Regarding Hedge Funds
In a recent Bloomberg article, AQR’s Cliff Asness argues that the opinion pendulum on hedge funds has swung too far, that “all you read about today is that hedge funds…
Buying Stocks with Debt Leads to Market Vulnerability
Analysts warn that the increase in margin loans—borrowing to buy stocks—exacerbated the selloff that occurred at the end of last month and that, if such debt levels continue to rise,…
Is Index Investing Still Passive?
Passive investing has grown to the point where “putting your money in an index-tracking fund is a move requiring an active decision,” say researchers at Sanford C Bernstein & Co.…
Most Read Posts on Validea’s Guru Investor
Below are links to our most popular posts for this week on Validea’s Guru Investor blog. [1] Why Both Sides of the Active vs. Passive Debate Are Right [2] A Proven…
Antitrust and the Tech Giants
There is a growing opinion that tech giants such as Alphabet and Facebook should be “broken up or regulated as Standard Oil and AT&T once were,” but antitrust regulators can’t…
Sweden is Worried About Dwindling Cash
Sweden is experiencing a huge decline in the use of cash, a situation that is starting to worry the country’s authorities. This according to a recent article in Bloomberg. “Sweden…