Money and Finance
- The Absolute Return Letter, February 2014: Challenging The Consensus
Link to: The Absolute Return Letter, February 2014: Challenging the Consensus Investors are overwhelmingly bearish on bonds going into 2014. In this month’s Absolute Return Letter we challenge that view and look at various reasons why the bond...
- The Absolute Return Letter, December 2013: Squeaky Bum Time
QE has led to asset price inflation. That much we established in the November Absolute Return Letter. In this month’s letter we go one step further and look at whether we are now in bubble territory. Considering the strong bull-run we have experienced...
- The Absolute Return Letter - July 2012
This month's Absolute Return Letter picks up on the question we left hanging in the air back in May - is Asia a potential re-run of Europe? Although policy rates appear to be dangerously low, and thus encouraging further borrowing, Asia has come a...
- The Absolute Return Letter - December 2011: The Facts They Don’t Want You To Know
This month's letter is not a typical Absolute Return Letter but it is something that I feel strongly about and wanted to write about for a long time. I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. The message is simple: Our industry...
- The Absolute Return Letter - April 2011: Confessions Of An Investor
I have been thinking a great deal about risk over the past couple of years. The depth of the financial crisis took many of us by surprise. I made mistakes. I am sure you made mistakes. In fact, the whole industry made mistakes, from which we should all...
Money and Finance
The Absolute Return Letter - October 2012: When Career Risk Reigns
In this month's Absolute Return Letter we pick up the baton from last month. How does the current crisis actually affect financial markets? How do you overcome the low returns? What can you do to protect the downside risk in a high correlation environment? We argue that career concerns often lead to irrational decisions by professional money managers and that this provides opportunities for those who can afford to deviate from the norm.
- The Absolute Return Letter, February 2014: Challenging The Consensus
Link to: The Absolute Return Letter, February 2014: Challenging the Consensus Investors are overwhelmingly bearish on bonds going into 2014. In this month’s Absolute Return Letter we challenge that view and look at various reasons why the bond...
- The Absolute Return Letter, December 2013: Squeaky Bum Time
QE has led to asset price inflation. That much we established in the November Absolute Return Letter. In this month’s letter we go one step further and look at whether we are now in bubble territory. Considering the strong bull-run we have experienced...
- The Absolute Return Letter - July 2012
This month's Absolute Return Letter picks up on the question we left hanging in the air back in May - is Asia a potential re-run of Europe? Although policy rates appear to be dangerously low, and thus encouraging further borrowing, Asia has come a...
- The Absolute Return Letter - December 2011: The Facts They Don’t Want You To Know
This month's letter is not a typical Absolute Return Letter but it is something that I feel strongly about and wanted to write about for a long time. I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. The message is simple: Our industry...
- The Absolute Return Letter - April 2011: Confessions Of An Investor
I have been thinking a great deal about risk over the past couple of years. The depth of the financial crisis took many of us by surprise. I made mistakes. I am sure you made mistakes. In fact, the whole industry made mistakes, from which we should all...