UPDATE: I had a nice discussion with Alex Rampell , partner at VC firm a16z, who provided me with a material detail that I missed that is b...

One of my favorite Twitter follows @LadyFOHF  shared the below scatter chart from Morgan Stanley that attempted to map areas of the global m...

Mike Mauboussin 's latest write up  Reflections on the Ten Attributes of Great Investors is a must read for investors (while his recent...

Back in December I wrote that It's Generally Smart to Avoid Credit Risk  outlining that more than 100% of credit's excess performanc...

Bob Seawright of the great blog Above the Market , recently put together a  consolidated list of his past posts which was a great way to f...

A hedge fund is simply a go anywhere investment vehicle that attempts to provide excess returns to cash with a low correlation to traditio...

Mar Vista Investment Partners has a really interesting research piece out The Price You Pay which has a great table outlining the benefit ...

Every day we hear about some new horrific event taking place globally. The common view is that crime is rampant and the United States is h...

This post will highlight that what matters over the longer term is the level of inflation over the entire life of the bond (rather than the ...

Back in 2010 I had a post titled On the Value of Treasuries , where I outlined the total return for Treasuries was potentially greater than ...

The Economist has an interesting article If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em on the NBA's disaster of a collective bargaining a...

Charlie Bilello analyzed the relationship between market valuation and future returns (over various time horizons) in a recent post  Valuati...

Think only a bear market can keep returns of a 60/40 near 0%... think again. Given the huge opportunity cost of allocating to cash or bond...

My friend Ben from A Wealth of Common Sense poses the interesting question, How Should Alternative Investments Be Benchmarked ? Please go ...