The typical dose of daily financial news is something like “Stock XYZ did this today”; if we are lucky, is something more general like “Stocks went up/down” or, more likely these days, “Bonds did this and that”. For the average investor, there is little value in that information. Their holdings Read more…
Last week, the @WifeyAlpha account appeared on my timeline: for once, Twitter algo did the right thing. Not only did Twitter put the account in front of me, it chose one of the best Tweet I read in a long time: 15 tactical asset allocation models? Is it Christmas yet?!? Read more…
I am an avid NBA fan. Aside from the game itself, I love the financial and human dynamics on how to build a successful team. For the uninitiated, the financial aspect is interesting because each team has a ‘salary cap’, you cannot solve your championship problems finding an Arab royal Read more…
I am a long-time stan of Meb Faber. I managed to invest in one of his ETF ($GAA) before my broker blocked me for MiFiD reasons; my not so secret hope of that rule being repelled here in London after Brexit is still not fulfilled: despite all the mess English Read more…
This is my third post about leverage, you can find the first introduction here and a second, practical implementation, here. In particular, I want to comment this recent paper from JPMorgan that I found really interesting (spoiler alert: I agree with them). I will try to ‘translate’ the paper for Read more…