Practical analysis for investment professionals

Economics


Private Equity: In Essence, Plunder?

To understand what private equity is at its worst is a call to action, personally and professionally.

Small Caps, Large Caps, and Interest Rates

The relationship between stocks and interest rates is not reliably stable. There are periods when equities are highly rate sensitive, and periods when they aren't.

What Do Experts Really Know? Embracing the Unknown

Confidence is a necessary but insufficient factor in long-term investing success. Raising the metaknowledge quotient of the investment team can help protect against the surprises that lurk in left-tail events and remain unknown, until they’re known.

Measuring Corporate Impact: The Gold Is in the Details

Do the products and services of the companies you invest in create negative or positive material outcomes?

Is Widespread Crypto Adoption Inevitable?

New technologies always face resistance, but demographic shifts imply there is a fierce tailwind behind crypto adoption, politically, economically, and financially.

Book Review: Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms

Carlsson-Szlezak and Swartz attempt to add fresh thinking on framing macro shocks that may often prove to be false alarms. Any general reader will obtain some key fresh insights with this work, and CFA charterholders will be offered an alternative to the conventional Wall Street approach to macro discussions.

Preserving the Dollar: The Role of CBDCs in Securing Economic Stability for Future Generations

As financial systems evolve, preserving the US dollar's dominance will require skillful policy management and the integration of cutting-edge technologies.

In Search of the Elusive Neutral Interest Rate

With Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's semiannual address to the Senate Banking Committee this week fresh in mind, it is an ideal time to consider the drivers of r*.

Commodities for the Long Run?

Asset classes such as commodities have historically had notable diversification benefits for longer-term investors who are concerned with inflation.

Book Review: Default

Argentina’s debt restructuring tests the theoretical limits of chaos theory. Gregory Makoff's feat is to build his narrative as a thriller without losing the detailed facts valued by specialists.



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