Billionaire Paulson Calls Crypto “Worthless”
Gold is poised to surge, and cryptocurrency is a worthless bubble, says John Paulson in an interview with David Rubenstein, as quoted in Bloomberg Wealth. Paulson has been looked at…
This Robinhood Investor Turned $250k Into $400 Mil
It was 2013, and Chad Byers, co-founder and general partner at Susa Ventures, was looking for a company worthy enough to be the firm’s first investment. As detailed in an…
What is Quality?
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — There has always been an interesting dichotomy with the quality factor. On one hand, individual investors typically consider it the most sensible factor and it is…
An In-Depth Look at Factor Valuation - And Which Factors Look Cheap Today
Valuing factors can be a confusing process. Not only are there are different factors to look at, there are also many ways to define them and a variety of different…
China Is Beating Wall Street to Top Graduates
Offering about triple what Wall Street pays to recent graduates, China’s booming hedge fund industry is snapping up top graduates to keep them from bringing their talent overseas. This according…
In Comparison, Public Real Estate Investments Outperform Private
A study published in the Journal of Portfolio Management purports that real estate investment trusts (REITs) outperform U.S. closed-end private equity real estate (PERE) funds by 165 basis points annually,…
Citadel Looks To Redeem Part of Melvin Capital Investment
When Melvin Capital Management got slammed by bad short bets in the GameStop meme-stock misadventure in January, Citadel LLC and its partners stepped in with $2 billion. Now, according to…
Enjoy Retirement Without Going Broke
While many people focus on accumulating money for retirement, decumulating it during retirement can also be a challenge. This from an opinion piece in The New York Times. It’s hard…