Notes from the Ira Sohn Conference, Spring 2013

I’m up in the far back balcony of Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. It’s a who’s who of establishment Wall Street and the hedge fund complex, but I am with the media 🙂 The format this year is that every speaker gets 15 minutes, which I love. The pacing is Twitter-esque and probably designed…

If you learn nothing else…

There are a lot of ways you can interpret that and put it to use on a daily, monthly and annual basis. Here’s Michael Batnick‘s chart showing a massive mean reversion that we’ve been talking about this past week – you’re looking at the catch-up trade between the SPLV (low-volatility S&P 500 names) versus the S&P high-beta…

Chasing Trends

Investopedia has a very well-written, simple list of four behavioral biases that screw with investors on a regular basis. I’ve personally fallen prey to all of these – I still can sometimes if I don’t stay aware, this is anything but easy no matter who you are or how long you’ve been doing this.  Of…

361 Capital Weekly Research Briefing

361 Capital portfolio manager, Blaine Rollins, CFA, previously manager of the Janus Fund, writes a weekly update looking back on major moves, macro-trends and economic data points. The 361 Capital Weekly Research Briefing summarizes the latest market news along with some interesting facts and a touch of humor. 361 Capital is a provider of alternative…