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Copper Prices: Why the Downslope?
An underlying fact, noted here for example by our own Shane Brett a year and a half ago, is that “the easiest…
Risk Management
What's in a Copyright? Java API Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
Innovation is threatened by certain of the legal systems that were created to incentivize it. It is…
State of the Industry, Emerging Asset Classes
Lies, Damned Lies and Alpha
There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics.--Benjamin Disraeli Investors equate “alpha”…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Northern Trust on Hedge Funds, Big Data and Transparency
Northern Trust’s new report about transparency in hedge fund holdings reminds me somewhat of the opening…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation
Vote for AllAboutAlpha.com for Best Investing Blog
Dear Readers: We need your help! AllAboutAlpha.com has been selected to compete in WalletHub.com's 2015 Best…
Manager Selection
Corporate Governance: Sunday in the Park With George
One much discussed question in the academic study of modern finance is: “does corporate governance really…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
If I Can't Call It a Hedge Fund, What AM I Going to Call It?
Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2015: "One of the keys to running a hedge fund is learning how to say you don'…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
The STOCK Act Was Just For Show: Looking at the Inside of Insider Trading
A fascinating bit of litigation, one with financial, constitutional, and even psychological significance,…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
A Caddie's Observations on Money Management
By Diane Harrison Golf is a game but also a mindset. As one of the harder sports to master, golf has long…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Banned in China: High Praise for a Statistics Textbook
There was a time when the expression ”banned in Boston” was a selling point. Indeed, the expression may have…
Asset Allocation
What Happens When You Pick A Fight With Activist Hedge Funds
At the end of the musical Camelot, King Arthur, near the end of a tumultuous reign, commands a youngster, Tom…
Hedge Funds
AIMA: Debt Funds Filling a Need in Europe, UK and US
A new paper from the Alternative Investment Management Associations discusses the role of hedge fund managers…
Hedge Funds
The Value Factor Reconsidered
By Andrew Beer Of course it’s true until everyone knows it’s true. Famous economist in response to…
Hedge Funds
The Forrest or the HFTrees? ‘Preferred Data Customers’
The exchanges (and by implication high-frequency traders) have won a victory in the U.S. District Court for…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Comparing SPM to Elliott: And Other Thoughts on MBS Funds
What struck me while interviewing Brian Shapiro about the current state of the hedge fund world’s MBS space…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation