Betting With Buffett: 7 Lean Years Later
CFA Institute Contributors - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:45AM CST
By Ted Seides, CFA Just as stock picks sometimes head in the wrong direction upon purchase and call into question whether a thesis is early or wrong, so too has hedge fund underperformance over the last seven years raised the question of whether...
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Roger Nusbaum Positions For 2015: Thinking About Deflation In Some Markets
Roger Nusbaum - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 6:30AM CST
Welcome to the New Year's installment of Seeking Alpha's Positioning for 2015 series. Again this year we have asked experts on a range of different asset classes and investing strategies to offer their vision for the coming year and beyond. As...
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Tyranny Of Benchmarks
Roger McKinney - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 4:30PM CST
There has been a lot of press lately about institutional investors abandoning hedge funds. Conventional wisdom in finance tells us to compare fund performance with a benchmark, usually the S&P 500 index. That's always a good idea, but the measure...
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Is CalPERS A Canary In The Coal Mine?
CFA Institute Contributors - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 1:10PM CST
By Ted Seides, CFA CalPERS's announcement of its intention to exit its $4 billion hedge fund portfolio on 15 September grabbed industry headlines. And rightly so. CalPERS (California Public Employees' Retirement System) has a long history...
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Building A Portfolio That Is S.M.A.R.T.
Brad Kenagy - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 05, 1:14PM CST
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), MUB: 109.95 (-0.13), QAI: 29.89 (+0.12), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), AOR: 40.71 (+0.14), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
ETF Hedging Investments Compared
Brian Dightman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 4:21PM CDT
It's difficult not to get influenced by a stock market that only needs a press release to justify a big gap up. Friday's big BOJ QE announcement has provided global stocks a nice shot in the arm. Monetary policy may eventually drive the aggregate...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QAI: 29.89 (+0.12), VQT: 155.32 (+0.40)
How To Invest Like The Ivy League Endowments With ETFs
Prateek Mehrotra - Seeking Alpha - Mon Oct 27, 2:47PM CDT
The investing strategy used by the country's largest endowments aim to preserve capital while producing income and appreciation with less correlation to the stock market regardless of market conditions. The endowment style investing doesn't call for...
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New Alternative Solution ETF from ProShares Hits Market - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Tue Oct 21, 7:00AM CDT
For investors looking for a new choice in the alternative asset class market, this ProShares product could be an interesting choice.
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LOGM, QAI, IWX, SPB, PGF Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Up In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Tue Sep 30, 3:33AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of LogMeIn Inc (NASDAQ:LOGM), IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (NYSE:QAI), iShares Russell Top 200 Value Index Fund (NYSE:IWX), Superior Plus Corp (NYSE:SPB), Pengrowth Energy Corp (NYSE
PGF: 18.45 (-0.08), LOGM: 52.22 (+4.17), QAI: 29.89 (+0.12), PGH: 3.49 (+0.14), SPB: 94.05 (+0.80), IWX: 44.41 (+0.16)
New Active Multi-Strategy ETF from AdvisorShares Hits the Market - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jul 15, 7:00AM CDT
The latest multi asset ETF hit the market from AdvisorShares, looking to give investors exposure to a wide range in a single fund.
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ProShares Plans Alternative Solution and Dividend ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Jun 13, 7:00AM CDT
ProShares is looking to expand its fund lineup with alternative solution and divdend ETFs.
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