By Aaron Filbeck, CFA, CAIA, CIPM, FDP The last time I saw so many newly minted investment experts on social media was four years ago, December 2017. Bitcoin had hit all-time highs, and the dreaded feeling of FOMO was causing clients to move as quickly as they could to get in on the action. I’m […]
By Masao Matsuda, CAIA, FRM, Founder, Crossgates Investment and Risk Management One would think hedge funds can weather market gyrations better than long-only equity investments as hedge funds have greater flexibility in determining the levels of market exposure. However, while some individual hedge funds may have been successful in adverse market situations, an analysis of various […]
By Aaron Filbeck, CFA, CAIA, CIPM, Associate Director, Content Development at CAIA Association Building the Burger I love when our industry uses analogies to describe investment concepts, so I must applaud one of the introductory pieces to JPMorgan’s 2020 Global Alternatives Outlook. In their introduction to the report, the authors claim that investing in alternative […]