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Podcast links: hedge fund math

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joincolossus.com) Finance Christine Benz and Dan Lefkovitz talks markets with Jeremy Grantham of GMO. ritholtz.com) Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway talk multi-strategy hedge fund math with Dan Morillo, co-founder of Freestone Grove Partners. (joincolossus.com) Barry Ritholtz talks with Joe Lonsdale of 8VC.

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Research links: more than math

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rcmalternatives.com) How skew and kurtosis should play a role in portfolio construction. papers.ssrn.com) The PEG ratio isn't much of a market timing tool. Skew Why investors avoid positive-skew investment strategies. mailchi.mp) Round-ups A round-up of recent white papers including 'A New Paradigm in Active Equity.'

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10 Biggest Ideas in “How NOT to Invest”

The Big Picture

This is as true for professionals as it is for amateurs; it’s also true in music, film, sports, television, and economic and market forecasting. Economic Innumeracy : Some individuals experience math anxiety, but it only takes a bit of insight to navigate the many ways numbers can mislead us. Bad Numbers : 4.

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Helping Clients Grasp Abstract Retirement Income Strategies With Historical Market Visualization

Nerd's Eye View

One way that advisors can help bridge this gap is by using Historical Market Visualization (HiMaV) as a more intuitive alternative for illustrating retirement income strategies. What works about HiMaV is that it grounds financial projections in a story-based context. It's about developing a dynamic spending plan (e.g.,

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The “Art” of Market Timing

The Big Picture

This weekend Jeff Sommer discussed a DFA research paper on market timing; both are well worth your time to read. The broad strokes are: Market timing is extremely difficult, very few people (if any) do it consistently well. Low Stakes : The most successful market timers are often those people who do not have actual assets at risk.

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Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns

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Top clicks this week Three assets that don't diversify your portfolio as well as you think. morningstar.com) The problematic math of passing down generational wealth. awealthofcommonsense.com) The S&P 500 is now nearly 40% of global market cap. rogersplanning.blogspot.com) How market consensus forms.

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Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns

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Top clicks this week How Morgan Housel invests his portfolio. capitalspectator.com) The credit markets are very different than they were in 2009. aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com) How to make the math behind home ownership work (or not). etf.com) The hardest thing about being an investor is deciding what to focus on.

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