By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Last week, Daniel Crosby, the author of the Behavioral Investor started a really interesting thread on Twitter that got me thinking about how I spend…
Andreessen Horowitz's, Once Again, "Blows Up" the Venture Capital Model
In April, Forbes profiled the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, tracking the firm’s emergence from the 2009 financial crisis with a promise to “find a new generation of ‘megalomaniacal’ founders—ambitious,…
Ray Dalio: Gold Will Appeal During Global Market "Paradigm Shift"
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio believes that the push by central banks toward policies that devalue currencies is about to cause a shift in investing toward assets such as gold. This…
Gundlach: The Next Recession Will Come with A Lot of Turmoil
In an interview with Yahoo Finance earlier this year, DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach shared insights about the markets and the economy. Here are some highlights: The Federal Reserve seems…
What Makes the Smart Money Smart
New studies show that the “so-called smart money is prone to many of the same errors as amateurs,” writes Wall Street Journalcolumnist Jason Zweig. Professional investors, he argues, “rack up…
Tom Russo Still Follows Buffett Principles
In a recent WealthTrack interview with Consuelo Mack, veteran investor Tom Russo discussed why he has continued to follow Warren Buffett’s investing principles for over three decades. Here are some…
Value Stocks Have Never Been Cheaper
Value investing has been a losing strategy in recent years, and value stocks are currently trading at the steepest discount in history. This according to a recent article in MarketWatch.…
Zero Interest Rates Forever?
A recent article in Bloomberg discusses the outlook for the federal deficit and potential repercussions with respect to interest rates. The article reports that the Congressional Budget Office’s release of…
Should CAPM Be Retired?
A new paper argues that factor investing challenges the decades-old Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), according to an article in Institutional Investor. The paper’s co-author, Northern Trust Asset Management’s head…
Investing and Life Advice from Warren Buffett
In a recent interview with Yahoo Finance, legendary investor Warren Buffett shared sage advice on investing and life. Here are some highlights: “By far, the best investment you can make…