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Managed Futures; SMAs or Funds
Most Managed Futures Funds will not offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) and often those that do have extremely high minimums...
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Common Misconceptions About Commodities
Most financial advisors tell their clients to keep around 5-10 percent of their portfolios in commodities. The idea is that...
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Which type of Real Estate are you investing in?
Why define investment styles? The concept of investment style is imported from traditional assets like Stocks and Bonds. An example...
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The best Tech VC funds and how to rank them
Usual ranking methods Traditional ranking methods in Private Equity and therefore in VC funds usually involve return performance metrics such...
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The Ins and Outs of Peer-to-Peer Investing
When it comes to investing, the smart money looks at the stock market – as well as outside of it....
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Pre-IPO; What to look out for
Pre-IPO or Late stage VC investing Pre-IPO stock investments are fundamentally a very late stage VC funding investment. These types...
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The Hedge Fund Smell Test
In "Hedge Fund Investing: The 4-Ps," I discussed the notion of due diligence and how investors might go about selecting...
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Hedge Fund Investing: The 4-Ps
There are various reasons why someone might want to invest in a hedge fund. The most obvious, of course, is...
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Review: Online Hedge Fund Database Providers in 2019
Data vendors are useful in that they allow us to find all the data we may need in one place...
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The Short Guide to Private Equity
Are you looking to “divorce” your stock broker? Are you willing to take on higher risk, a longer outlay, and...
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The Endowment Model; Blessing or Curse?
The Value of Alternatives What is known now as the Endowment Model was introduced by David Swensen of Yale in...
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Performing Due Diligence in Manager selection
Due Diligence consists of performing a careful, competent and thorough review of an investment, its soundness and its suitability. Due...
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Hedge Fund Investing: A Contrarian Dream
Many commentators have voiced opinions about what is wrong with hedge fund investing. In “The Misguided Focus on Hedge Fund...
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The Misguided Focus on Hedge Fund Fees
Few doubt that billionaire Warren Buffett is a smart man and a savvy investor. But he is also a hypocrite...
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Managed Futures; what they are and how they work
A 67 year old Asset class Futures have been around for a long time, in the US the first Futures...
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Timberland & Farmland an alternative to Real Estate
Timberland and its origin as an asset class Timberland is the ownership of forests for the long-term harvesting of wood...
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Finding the Perfect Hedge: Gold vs. Bonds in your Portfolio
Building your portfolio gives you complete control over which investments to include but it also opens you up to greater...
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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet On Recreating Hedge Fund Returns
The hedge fund industry is filled with superstar managers. They consistently turn out above-average returns, making enough money for their...
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Introduction to VC Funds and investing in start-ups
The Venture Capital Concept The idea behind VC is to invest in Entrepreneurs and their companies that are in the...
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Introduction to Private Equity
A Broad Definition Private Equity has been around a long time and is broadly considered as any privately held interest...
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