…conviction picks of multiple managers, rather than the single manager employed by most active funds, to provide downside protection.” Alexey Panchekha, a Ph.D. in math and physics and the tech…
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Five Questions: Private Equity in Public Markets with Brian Chingono
…give a thumbs up. And it turns out they have almost no drawdowns and far lower volatility—even lower than the high-yield bonds to which their LBO equity is subordinated! It’s…
Bill Miller Loving Life in the Wilderness
…is an active manager, the article reports, he isn’t concerned about the outflow of funds toward passive strategies and instead believes that the move is overdue. “Active in the aggregate…
Founder of Winton Capital Talks Artificial Intelligence
…announcements, interest rate changes, company values and performance, and volatility. The article explains that Harding “applies statistics and technology to provide some degree of certainty to markets that are inherently…
Hulbert on Yearly Performance Rankings and What Investors Should Know
In a recent article for The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch senior columnist Mark Hulbert argues that the “annual performance rankings of funds or investment newsletters that appear every January are…
Learning from Buffett's Performance
…stocks and mutual funds and they found the following: Berkshire has the highest Sharpe ratio (a measure of risk adjusted performance) out of any stock that has traded for 40…
Swedroe Offers Perspective to Panicky Investors
In an article for last month’s ETF.com, BAM Alliance director of research Larry Swedroe offered some insight on how to weather potential market volatility using a balanced view of the…
Bridgewater and Renaissance Earn $13 billion for Investors
…“Six in ten hedge funds lost money,” the article states, “the highest proportion since the financial crisis, as a sharp spurt in volatility made it tougher to make profitable bets.”…
Jack Bogle’s Legacy: The Cost Matters Hypothesis
…of low-cost investing,” the article offers an overview of his long and fascinating career and his consistent preaching that investing costs matter, more than past performance. Bogle’s thesis—that if you…
Joel Greenblatt Likes Companies That Gush Cash
…in terms of low price-book and low price-sales but emphasized that his firm doesn’t view it that way. “We look at the cash flow generated by the business,” he asserted….