EUROPE’S ENERGY CRISIS IS KEEPING ENERGY PRICES HIGH
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Amazon Features The Hedge Fund Mirage
Amazon asked me to write a piece for their blog promoting certain books, so I was happy to oblige. You can find it here.
Managing Downside Risk With The Fiscal Cliff
Having been pushed into the background in recent weeks by the election, the Fiscal Cliff is now at the forefront of investors concerns. Basic game theory dictates that a resolution should not occur until late in December. Negotiators won’t know if they have extracted the maximum concessions from the other side if they agree too soon. […]
Sandy’s Aftermath
It turns out that a state of increasing anger at the demonstrated fragility of our energy infrastructure may not be the best place from which to write objectively about the subject; nonetheless that is what I’m going to attempt.* Dark evenings huddled around a gas fireplace hoping the laptop’s battery lasts the length of the […]
Hedge Fund Fees May Be Even Higher Than I Thought
The entire eastern seaboard of the United States is waiting tentatively for Hurricane Sandy’s arrival. Our patio furniture has been safely stored indoors. Batteries and candles are well supplied in anticipation of the inevitable power loss, and with preparations done we wait for the slowly arriving worst storm many of us have ever seen. So […]
Investing on the Edge of the Fiscal Cliff
For investors, 2012 has been a year so far of disasters that did not occur. The Euro did not implode; Greece was not unceremoniously dumped out; Israel has not attacked Iran; and other perhaps even less likely mishaps did not occur. Consequently, it’s been a good year for equity investors if you had the long […]