FTX MARKET MANIPULATION

One of the clearest cases of the need to regulate cryptocurrencies. The manipulation of markets described in the article is reminiscent of the stock market before regulations were put in place to prohibit these practices.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/technology/ftx-modulo-capital.html?login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock

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Investment Strategies for a New Era

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The era of the Great Exasperation arrives for investors
This article lays out the changes in the investment climate brought out by recent changes in economics, economic policy, and the difficulty of finding investment strategies that work in the new environment. Many of the trends he identifies are sure to be with us for the medium term.  One result is to undermine the tools that investment managers have used for decades and that generated acceptable risk/reward returns. The end of this era undermines many of these tools as well as the underlying premises. Investment professionals may be better off changing investors' expectations than attempting to use old tools in the new environment.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak joins ranks of VCs and investors in cryptocurrencies

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple with Steve Jobs, recently announced his participation in a crypto startup. During the interview, Mr. Wozniak (Wo...

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What CEOs get Wrong About Activist Hedge Funds

CEOs view activist funds as predatory rather than as opportunities. https://lnkd.in/dbSA6hk

Guide to Emerging Market Debt Crises

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-18/dummies-guide-how-external-dollar-debt-produces-emerging-market-crisis

Will Factor Investing Replace Hedge Funds?

Will Factor Investing Replace Hedge Funds? 7/22/2018 0 Comments   https://www.ft.com/content/2b3e2eaa-6fe6-11e8-92d3-6c13e5c92914#comments-anchor This article touts the benefits of using factors to make investment decisions for hedge funds. However, "factors" are beta (i.e., market indexes") variables, which means the differences between factor investing hedge funds comes down to their identification of factors and allocation among factors.  Missing in these hedge funds are producing "alpha"  investing.