As quantitative investors and other asset managers try to deliver private equity-like returns through indexes and stock funds, a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School suggests that…
Day: October 27, 2020
One Strategist’s Forecasts on the Next Global Crisis
“When it comes to forecasting geopolitical risk, you can’t do better than Ian Bremmer,” according to an article in Barron’s that outlines some of the Eurasia Group founder’s predictions going…
The Probability Theory in Finance and Radical Uncertainty
The first in a three-part series of CFA Institute articles explores “how we came to forget how to live with real uncertainty, the “profound consequences this has had on finance…
Markets Expect Vaccine to Be Only Partially Effective
Hedge fund manager Dmitry Balyasny says stock markets are expecting a Covid-19 vaccine this year that is only 50% to 60% effective, “leaving room for some unloved equities to rally”…
CNBC Exclusive Interview with Social Capital’s Chamath Palihapitiya
In a CNBC interview last month, Social Capital Founder and CEO Chamath Palihapitiya argued that in order to “dig out” of the current crisis, money needs to be placed in…
