Two Economies, With One Set of Flaws
Who would have guessed that lazy politicians, a lack of vision, and greedy rent seekers were a universal issue?
Hedge Fund Returns and Salaries
Following on from my latest video I did a bit more digging and found some convenient data on hedge fund returns and the salaries of the top hedge fund earners according to Bloomberg The chart below is composite data from the Barclays hedge fund index which looks at the returns of 1781 reporting hedge funds.…
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Inside England Prestigious Factory Building James Bond Aston Martin DB5
On this feature of the FRAME, we explore the building process of the iconic and beautiful Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger, featured throughout the movies of the legendary character James Bond.
Active Investors Need to Think About the Odds
Although investing is far noisier and uncertain than most card games, it is also an activity where understanding the odds is critical. While investors may feel uncomfortable talking about their decision making in probabilistic terms, it is inherent in everything we do – whether we are explicit about it or not. Much like assessing our…
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Ten Minutes With Tate Heads I Win Tails You Lose
Have you ever wondered why the traders who manage your funds fly around in private jets whilst you sit down at the back of the plane? Have you ever been confused as to how your fund can consistently underperform the market but the fund managers make more in a month than you could conceivably make…
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Ten Minutes With Tate You Are Looking In The Wrong Spot
Right market right time – in terms of the technical aspects of trading there is perhaps nothing more crucial to a trader than being in the right place at the right time. The best stock selection tools in the world will not save you from being stuck in a market that is going nowhere.
Everything is Obvious
The dominance of US equities has been one of the most significant features of financial markets over the last decade. The sheer magnitude of outperformance makes it easy to claim that it has simply been a case of an in-vogue market enjoying a substantial and unsustainable valuation re-rating, but that’s not quite true. Although a…
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Some Observations About Gold
Interestingly this post segues nicely from the previous one on Daniel Kahneman and the difficulties we have with thinking of the world rationally. Gold is the perfect exemplar of traders who cannot reason. The chart below is a daily chart of gold which shows that in the last month, gold has risen about 9.2%Its not…
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