Carlos Doblado is a prominent Spanish market technician. He is a partner at the advisory firm Ágora Asesores Financieros EAFI SL, manages the mutual fund BSG Prometeo FI, and is a regular presence in the financial media. I first learned about Doblado when I was surfing the internet at … Read more
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Generating new investment ideas is a process that is usually glossed over and generally underemphasized in money management. But it is also an area investors take great pride in. Naturally, this pride leads to the formation of investment biases, which have adverse … Read more
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The easy money has been made. I am not referring to picking the market bottom reached on May 9, 2009. That would have been speculation, not investment. In fact, just six months before I attended a conference where Emerson Chairman … Read more
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Financial statement analysis and security valuation are a big part of our training as CFA charterholders; for many of us, they are the most important part. We pride ourselves on the thoroughness, sophistication, and level of detail of our analysis. … Read more
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A few months ago, Kraft Foods Group was replaced by UnitedHealth Group in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It turns out that the Dow Jones is a price-weighted index as opposed to a market-cap-weighted index (like the S&P 500) or … Read more
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If you were to play word association with individuals in the investment industry using the phrase “hedge fund index,” the instinctive responses would be “survivorship bias” and “backfill bias.” The arguments for flaws in hedge fund indices, popularized by academics, … Read more
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When most people hear the word “risk,” they instinctively recoil. Research tells us that just seeing that word on your computer screen caused an imperceptible rise in your pulse and in the speed of your breathing. In fact, a few … Read more
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It only took a small backup in U.S. Treasury (UST) rates ― 10-year UST rates moved from 1.58% in early December to ~2.00% today ― for pundits to speculate on whether rates will drastically increase. Observant readers will have noted … Read more
12 CommentsMany investors don’t consider the tremendous impact that taxes can have on their investment performance. Gregg Fisher, CFA, is a frequent contributor to Inside Investing and a thoughtful financial adviser who encourages investors to be mindful of the role that … Read more
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