1.6% & 18% is the New 2&20
Intriguing if slightly misguided article in the WSJ ( Hedge Funds Cut Back on Fees) about high fees that hedge funds charge, and how they...
You Can Be a Hedge Fund Investor. But Why Would You?
> My Sunday Washington Post column is out. This morning, we look at why hedge fund investing is so very overrated. The print...
Harvard ignored warnings about investments
Harvard ignored warnings about investments: Advisers told Summers, others not to put so much cash in market; losses hit $1.8b By...
Dear Investor….
This will be the funniest thing you read today: >ACME Systematic Leveraged Macro Momentum Fund LP321 Overprice StreetGreenwich,...
Is the Market Still a Future Indicator?
At this point, you would have thought the Efficient Market Hypothesis would have died a quite death. But as is its wont on Wall Street,...
Hedge Fund Winners and Losers
The NYPost is looking at the winners and losers in the NY area hedge fund community: Note that Jake at EconompicData does a much better...
Paulson & Co Opening New Fund to Re-Capitalize Banks
There is no small amount of irony in this: "John Paulson, the money manager whose wagers against the U.S. housing market helped him...
Corporate Bailouts Through History
I came across an interesting piece in BusinessWeek from December 2007 on one of my favorite subjects: Corporate Bailouts Through History....
Who is to Blame for Bear Stearn’s Demise?
From our Things that make you go Hmmmm department: There is a meme going around about the death of Bear Stearns (BSC). According to some...