After my trolling through 13Fs for the dream team, I decided to use the data, such that I would review all companies I have run across that have one member of the dream team owning it. Beyond that, I looked at all companies that...
Read MoreSome friends of mine asked me if I could create an insurance-centric hedge fund. I said that it was unlikely because I’m not good at shorting. They pressed me on it, because they knew if I had good longs, with my...
Read MoreImagine for a moment that you put together your own “dream team” of investment managers. Would you want to know what they are doing as a group Well, I compiled my dream team from a list of 59 managers that I respect,...
Read MoreWhat is this graph I’ll give you a hint — it has something to do with technical analysis where investors look for signals near turning points. Ideas Let me know in the comments. I’ll have a post on this...
Read MoreI don’t have much sympathy for the protests called “Occupy Wall Street,” and those modeled after it. Real societal change comes through the political process, and I would challenge those...
Read MoreValue Investing and Growth Investing are variants of the greater school of Fundamental Investing. Quoting Buffett from his 1992 Shareholders Letter:Our equity-investing strategy remains little changed from what it was fifteen...
Read MoreCorrelations are high. Risk-on, risk-off drives the market as market players trade ETPs and baskets rather than individual stocks. Market players worry about policy, and whether it will be inflationary (bullish) or deflationary...
Read MoreI’ve been toying with an idea that I think would improve economic and biometric research, but will never get adopted. Split research into two components: Generating research ideas Doing the research But here’s my...
Read MoreNext Monday I head off to the Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Chicago. I’m giving talks at two sessions: the first one on Monday afternoon is called Being Social–It’s a Game Changer. It is...
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