Are hedge funds a good investment? To answer this question, we can look at three well known funds as case studies. The first is Renaissance Technologies. Renaissance was founded in 1982 by an academic named James Simons, who had been chair of the math department at Stony Brook University and, [...]
COW to KARZ to FANZ
Jim Cramer is a retired hedge fund manager and host of “Mad Money,” a staple of financial television. For years, critics have derided his investment recommendations—to the point that there’s now a fund designed specifically to bet against him: the Inverse Cramer Tracker exchange-traded fund (ticker: [...]
Five tips to build a sensible portfolio
Last week, I talked about bitcoin and argued that it wasn’t a great investment. The reality, though, is that only a minority of investors hold cryptocurrency. That’s a good thing, in my opinion. But still, there are many other ways to go off track in building a portfolio. In fact, if I ever wrote [...]
One feather at a time
In her most recent book, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright quotes Mussolini: “If you pluck a chicken one feather at a time,” he said, “no one will notice.” Don’t worry—I‘m not veering into political commentary. But when I heard this quote, it brought to mind what we’ve been seeing in [...]
Extreme portfolio makeover
At least once a week, I run across the sort of portfolio I like to call a “broker’s special.” While each is different, they typically include some mix of the following: A handful of mutual funds with names like "New Economy" or “New Discovery” or "New Perspectives". Some commodity funds. [...]
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