…AIG, the investment comes as “insurers and other large investors have been hunting for alternatives for stocks and bonds to get higher returns at a time of low interest rates.”…
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The Importance of Separating Your Politics From Your Portfolio
…Obama came into office very close to the market low after the 2008 bear market. That is likely a recipe for above average returns during an administration no matter which…
New Study Shows Public Markets Cannot Replicate Private Equity Returns
As quantitative investors and other asset managers try to deliver private equity-like returns through indexes and stock funds, a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School suggests that…
The Dangers Of Trying To Outsmart The Market (Ep. 49)
…portfolios despite their low yields; And, the importance of avoiding binary decisions. Watch, Listen or Stream on YouTube or your Favorite Podcast Platform https://youtu.be/cK5KDS_jh84 Show Notes & Links: Jack’s Article:…
Low Interest Rates Might Not Last Forever
…argues otherwise. Specifically, the authors assert that the era of low rates was fueled by demographics and “the entry of china and Eastern Europe into the global trading system” which…
Harvard Economist Finds Surprising Pandemic Impacts at Both Ends of Wealth Spectrum
…the lower-income segment of the population, and only worsened as time went on. By June, it showed that the highest-paid Americans had recovered nearly all jobs lost since the pandemic…
What Bitcoin Taught Me About Risk & Reward In Investing & Life
…asset not backed up by any cash flow stream or profits from a hard asset (i.e. corporate profits or cash flows from a real estate investment), was hard to wrap…
More Dark Days for Dollar as U.S. Stocks Outperform
…an effort to maintain appropriate risk levels” which could lead to funds selling dollars and purchasing currencies linked to underperforming share markets (i.e. British pound and Australian dollar). “Moreover,” the…
Time is On the Side of Endowment Hedge Fund Bets
…article in Bloomberg. The study analyzed endowment portfolio asset allocations and performance over the past century to compare annualized real growth rates as well as risk (volatility and Sharpe Ratio…
The Truth About Robinhood Investors Vs. Wall Street Stock Pros
…funds underperformed their benchmarks. Hulbert notes that it is hard to write off these results to a “pure expression of irrational exuberance” by the small investor. Even if some investors…