

Mimicking the Esoteric: The Source of Hedge Fund Returns
The objective of liquid alternatives is replicating hedge fund index returns (and to a lesser extent, their risk). The focus is on the...


Enhancing Diversity: Liquid Alternatives in the Portfolio
The strategic rationale for an asset class is whether it improves portfolio efficiency (i.e., the ratio of return to risk). The transient...


Liquid Alternatives: Invest Without Compromise
The Pandemic brought unparalleled volatility to financial markets in 2020. A recovery followed a sharp drop in the equity markets that...


Winter is Coming
There are few certainties in the world. The cynic would argue death and taxes, while the optimist would say the sun always rises....


Demographics, Deficits & Deflation
Secular trends are conspiring with the Pandemic to reduce demand in the US. Favorable demographics should enable higher productivity and...


A Volatile Season
It is the best of times for equities. It is the worst of times for employment and interest rates. Cooling temperatures augur the imminent...


Pandemic Policy Without a Plan
During a period requiring leaders, the US had politicians. Instead of addressing the problem in front of them, their eyes are fixed on the n


An Opening Act to Repudiate
A bad opening foretells show cancellation. Australia and Hawaii reveal the threat of early openings even with near eradication of the...


Prelude to a Pandemic
The first wave is just beginning, not ending. For New York, the virus was a catastrophic eradication of life that was previously...


Requiem for Value Investing
Value investors are asking themselves, will the promise of value investing return to prominence? The answer is multi-faceted. Indeed,...