And we’re back…. After stocks took a breather from their meteoric rise in September with some losses – ALL asset classes came roaring back in October, with US Stocks, Real Estate, and Commodities all up above 5%, and everyone else pulling their weight. Even bonds. We’ll see how the last two months of the year […]
Category: Alternative Investments
05
Nov
2021
04
Nov
2021
Attaining an Allocator’s Edge with Phil Huber
This week is a cage match of a pod, going point/counterpoint on every Alt from private equity to fine art to digital assets with Phil Huber and the knowledge he’s about to drop in his upcoming new book ‘The Allocators Edge: A modern guide to alternative investments and the future of diversification’. Phil is the […]
29
Oct
2021
Ghost Your Ghastly Eyes On These Happenings
This Halloween, we reached beyond the veil and summoned the investment market. While everyone may be talking about @Facebook’s new company name @Meta — we wanted to highlight a few industry hot topics that will leave you saying, “BOO” ya. Let’s take a closer look at these happenings below: Bitcoin ETFs If you haven’t seen […]
28
Oct
2021
Convex (CONVX) to the Core with Certeza’s Brett Nelson
In this episode, we sit down again with one of the OGs of VIX futures trading & options, Brett Nelson, CEO of Certeza Asset Management, and discuss their new mutual fund — Convex Core and how it relates to their Macro Vega hedge fund strategy. Join us to hear how the mutual fund aims to […]
26
Oct
2021
Inflation, Commodities and Trend Following Field Guide
We used to track bond king Jeff Gundlach’s investment calls from time to time – see here and here, and didn’t miss a good Gundlach macguffin…especially when he’s talking our world of commodities. Here’s Gundlach, via Markets Insider talking today’s environment in commodities: “Commodities are unbelievably strong. But for the fact that they haven’t had […]
28
Sep
2021
How are Endowments Posting the Eye Popping Returns
If you haven’t seen some of these Endowment returns over the past “year” being reported recently… take note: Duke University’s endowment returned 56% in fiscal 2021, the latest U.S. college to post eye-catching gains thanks to soaring public markets and investments in private assets https://t.co/xt5ZTwZhjI — Bloomberg Markets (@markets) September 25, 2021 Here’s the InsideHigherED […]
23
Sep
2021
Blissfully Buying BB Bonds with Greg Obenshain of Verdad Capital
In this episode, we’re stepping away from our ordinary world of futures and options to find out why boring old corporate bonds aren’t all that boring after all. Join our conversation with Greg Obenshain, Partner and Director of Credit at Verdad Advisers, as he and Jeff discuss just what running a high yield bond investments […]
21
Sep
2021
Don’t Let them Ban IRA Investments in Hedge Funds
The Build Back Better Act has been causing a minor stir in the world of small private funds the past week as several committees completed marking up and approving provisions of the Act. Among these, the House Ways and Means Committee approved a plan limiting Mega-Roth, backdoor IRAs, and large retirement account balances – which […]
14
Sep
2021
What is Return Stacking?
A new paper by Rodrigo Gordillo and Adam Butler of Resolve Asset Management and Corey Hoffstein of Newfound Research is out this week, purporting to add a new term to the investing lexicon – “Return Stacking.” What? What is return stacking, and what are stacked returns? Well, you can download the full paper here […]
08
Sep
2021
Asset Class Scoreboard: August 2021
Welcome to the dog days of summer… unless you’re U.S. equity markets, which again posted a new all-time high. That’s seven months in a row of relatively straight-up action for equities. When will it end and How will it end? are the questions on everyone’s mind. Elsewhere, Commodities took a little hiatus, along with bonds […]
