A generation of hedge-fund firms started by protégés Tiger Global Management’s Julian Robertson, known as “Tiger Cubs”, are “among of wave of stock hedge funds that fared poorly in 2016,”…
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Former Franklin Templeton CEO Says Stick to your Discipline
…lot of investors.” But selling out during a decline, he says, ensures that you lose upside opportunity. Instead, use it as a chance to “average (purchases) into mutual funds.” …
Howard Marks: It's Tough to Be Good at Macro Investing
…president of Simplify, a firm that researches hedge funds and other investments for clients, argues the importance of distinguishing between those macro funds that rely on “systematic computer-driven models” (that…
SoftBank to Buy Alternative-Asset Manager Fortress
…firms, on the other hand, has contracted in recent years due to the increased popularity of index funds. The acquisition, says the article, will make SoftBank one of the biggest…
Sexy Companies Don't Necessarily Make Good Investments
…the equity they’ve raised on worthless investments.” Conversely, profitable businesses with lower valuations are less likely to issue stock. The data suggests, then, that companies most likely to raise equity…
ETFs Make Markets Less Efficient Writes Klarman
While exchange-traded-funds have claimed a growing share of investor funds, critics say these funds are “potentially dangerous and untested through a crisis,” says a Bloomberg article from last week. In…
Buyer Beware of Companies Carrying Heavy Debt Loads
…individual companies, but also to the funds that own them.” Morningstar research found that, in the wake of the 2008 crisis, funds with high debt/capital ratios “dramatically underperformed low debt/capital…
What "Trumpflation" Could Mean to Investors
The best scenario for investors is steady and low levels of inflation that ward off deflation but also discourage central banks from hiking rates too rapidly, says a Wall Street…
Buffett's Breakfast Benchmark
…low,” says Reese, “and fewer when they are high, but to always be investing.” In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Buffett revealed that Berkshire Hathaway bought “somewhere in the…
Bridgewater Has Strong Showing in 2016
…and John Paulson. This according to a recent Bloomberg article. In fact, the article points out, Bridgewater was the “most lucrative, in absolute terms, of the top-20 hedge funds ranked,…