Resist Hysteria During Market Stumbles

Bulls should be “as confident as ever,” writes columnist Nir Kaissar in a recent Bloomberg article. Emphasizing that “panicking is never a good plan when it comes to investing,” Kaissar writes,…

Stock-Pickers Beware: Bots Are Here

BlackRock’s March announcement that the firm had reduced its staff of stock pickers to increase its focus on quant strategies may support the consensus that “active management is dying,” but…

Harvard Endowment Goes Back to Basics

Last year, Harvard University allocated 14 percent of its $35.7 billion endowment fund to hedge fund strategies, but managed these internally rather than through outside managers. This according to a…

Bloomberg's Kaissar on Dow Milestone

Before the fanfare of the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting 20,000 (which occurred on January 25th), Bloomberg columnist Nir Kaissar asserts, “it’s not clear whether that milestone will be cause…