Markets
An Evolving Real Estate Future
If I were to ask you to think deeply about your hometown, you would probably remember the fond times that you had growing up in your bustling city, quaint suburb or peaceful countryside. Whether your grocery store was the only... Continue reading...
The Rise of Passive Investment: Is Doing Less Better?
The stock market has always been about using your knowledge and skills to accomplish returns. You buy stocks that you think are undervalued and you short stocks that you think are overvalued, and you either make money if you are... Continue reading...
Does Bigger Really Mean Better?
In 2015, worldwide mergers and acquisitions added up to a record $4.28 trillion worth of deals. These mega-mergers, such as the Dow and DuPont $130 billion deal and the recent $66 billion deal between Bayer and Monsanto, are prominent examples... Continue reading...
Volatility Compression and the Federal Reserve: Dulling the Market’s Price Discovery Mechanism
Hedge funds have been struggling recently. According to CNBC, hedge fund outflows reached $60 billion in June, with the rate of withdrawals increasing. Although the average American might not feel much sympathy for the typical hedge fund manager, the struggling... Continue reading...
How Philosophy Can Help Your Portfolio
Warren Buffett, a billionaire and one of the most successful investors of the twentieth century, was once asked about what made him so much more successful than the rest of the market. Steve Forbes, the interviewer, enquired, “What makes you... Continue reading...
Is Crude Drilling South or Barreling North?
Since late 2014, the United States domestic energy market has been in the midst of the worst industry downturn in nearly half a century. But investors are lying in wait, looking for the opportunity to jump back in. Optimal timing... Continue reading...
David and Goliath: Is Fintech a Threat to the Financial Behemoths?
Can you remember those miserable days before Venmo came around? The hassle and confusion that inevitably arose every time you and your friends split a cab and everyone had to figure out who owed whom? For millions of Americans (Venmo... Continue reading...
Sustained Growth and R&D: The Pharmaceutical Industry’s Divide
Nearly two years since AstraZeneca shafted Pfizer’s $104-billion courtship offer, Pfizer and Allergan announced on Nov. 23, 2015 that they were going to merge with a $160-billion mega-deal – the largest deal in the pharmaceutical industry’s history. After the deal... Continue reading...
Lessons Learned From the Rise of ETFs
For a large part of the 1980’s, 1990’s and the early 2000’s, hedge funds were equated with enormous financial success. Serving as investment vehicles primarily marketed towards the wealthy, hedge funds use a plethora of aggressive investing strategies in an... Continue reading...
Rise of the Machines
Driverless cars, data-analyzing computers and robots are all machines that can perform typical “human” tasks. Machines seem to be getting better at doing our job, and the fear of technological substitution of labor is returning to the stage of public... Continue reading...
