The Irrelevant Investor

MARCH 23, 2020

In a bull market, protecting one's downside gets punished, and after being burned enough times, people tend to lighten up on risk management, or abandon it altogether. In a bull market the more risk you take, the more you're rewarded, and the more you're rewarded, the more you forget about risk.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management Asset Allocation Investing 52

SEI

AUGUST 2, 2022

We are currently experiencing one of the most volatile times in decades, on top of the start of the pandemic and the 2008-2009 recession. That’s why, when facing market volatility, stewards of long-term assets held at all types of nonprofit institutions recognize the importance of a well-thought-out investment process. .

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Marketing Marketing Risk Management 52

The Better Letter

JANUARY 26, 2024

The DJIA closed 1999 at 11,497 and 2009 at 10,428. At the GFC bottom, March 9, 2009, the Dow traded at 6,547. ” That may have been a perfectly appropriate asset allocation for Professor Markowitz, of course, but his thinking was far more fear-based than analytically driven. So, he missed it by a mile.

Assets 103

Assets Valuation Management Investing 103

The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

And what we figured out in 2009, really when we started buying homes is that we made the bet that it, I mean, it wasn’t a very exotic bet, but we made the bet that the subprime mortgage market wasn’t coming back at all. And so, so starting in 2009, we, we, there was no flip market.

Banking 141

Banking Investing Investments Marketing 141

The Big Picture

DECEMBER 20, 2022

KOENIGSBERGER: What I really like is on top of these four return streams that we have, we kind of have a multi-asset, dynamic asset allocation process. KOENIGSBERGER: So that’s what — with our multi-asset strategy, we wanted to solve for that problem, which is — I call it a governance problem.

Banking 152

Banking Assets Government Investing 152

The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

So a very different dynamic than we saw back in 2007, 2008, 2009. So obviously, risk managers, you know, and CROs were very focused on how do we manage that risk and diversify that credit risk that they were taking on in mid-market companies. Yes, there’s a lot of liquidity in private equity.

Banking 141

Banking Management Investing Investments 141