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History & Geopolitics


Distress Investing: A Tale of Two Case Studies

With recession forecasted in many economies this year or next, distressed situations will be an important source of deals for prospective investors.

Book Review: A History of Financial Technology and Regulation

Seth C. Oranburg highlights recent changes to the world of finance by exploring the role of technology within it.

The Active Management Delusion: Respect the Wisdom of the Crowd

"Neither the Financial Analysts as a whole nor the investment funds as a whole can expect to ‘beat the market,’ because in a significant sense they (or you) are the market."

Myth-Busting: The Economy Drives the Stock Market

How much does the state of the economy really matter to stock market performance?

Agency Capitalism in Private Markets: Who Watches the Agents?

With the PE model’s high profitability, the industry’s ultimate development stage will inevitably feature leveraged buyouts of the fund managers themselves,

Presidential Election Cycle Theory: A Bullish 2023?

What are the strengths, limitations, and nuances of presidential election cycle theory and what does the current political context foretell regarding whether 2023 will follow the predicted trend?

Book Review: The Enduring Value of Roger Murray

Paul Johnson and Paul D. Sonkin shed great light on the investment management industry’s evolution over the past 90 years — and how one luminous individual contributed so much to it.

The Debt Ceiling: A Nation Divided and Indebted Cannot Stand

The current debt ceiling debate reveals a painful reality that the United States must confront.

Can Argentina Recover? Emerging Market Lessons

To be “as rich as an Argentine” was once a common aspiration. What happened?