But when we probe a little deeper, it seems many investors are still confused about how diversification works in practice. They wonder, “If I’m buying something that makes money when the other is losing money, doesn’t that just give me a zero return?”
Category: Why Alternatives?
06
Dec
2017
Alternative Links: VIX Yield Curve
You may be wondering: did they throw blue spaghetti noodle on paper for inspiration and then write an economics article about it?
29
Nov
2017
Alternative Links: Allocation to Alternative Assets in 2018
Among survey respondents, 45% said they expect the alternative investment asset allocation in clients’ portfolios to increase
22
Nov
2017
Earning the Roll Cost of VIX Investing
How can the SVXY doubled when the VIX itself remains around 11… it’s earning that roll cost (by being short).
17
Nov
2017
Weekend Reads: Taxes, Plinko, and Bitcoin
Only one thing is certain: the randomness. That’s why we pray. And that’s why we watch.
01
Nov
2017
How Morningstar can Fix their Rankings
The entire premise of the Wall Street Journal Investigation is to say that Morningstar’s system is bad at predicting how mutual funds will perform in the future. To that, we say duh. They can only rank funds based on past performance.
18
Oct
2017
Alternative Links: The Coming Renaissance
The agreement enabled the U.S. to print dollars with little adverse effect on interest rates, thereby facilitating consistent U.S. economic growth over the subsequent decades.
10
Oct
2017
Managed Futures is not High Frequency Trading
HFT and systematic trend-following CTAs both use computer algorithms, but that’s where the similarities end.
15
Sep
2017
Weekend Reads: Risk Tolerance
Questions financial advisers ask clients to get at the answer actually measure something completely different—often leading to misguided investment strategies
08
Sep
2017
How Quants Forecast Hurricanes
Quants are everywhere. They run Wall St; they’re in Healthcare and Education. The rest ended up telling us when and where the hurricane will hit.
