For those of you from a younger generation, you must listen to this song. Originally composed by Bob Dylan in late 1967, within months it was re-worked by Jimi Hendrix who is responsible for making it a veritable all-time hit.
Recently I’ve been assisting in the selection of managers for an extensive portfolio of liquid assets.
Several business projects followed by a nasty case of the flu have silenced me recently. My apologies.
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Markets have begun the year in a little more unsettled fashion. Or so people feel. We are not talking about anything abnormal in particular, but the sense is that there is not much to be pleased about – aside from any upcoming monetary stimuli.
This is a fascinating subject for me, not so much for its mathematical structure (which is simple and well understood) but more for its behavioral consequences. Let me clarify with an example.
Recently, more than a few people mentioned to me they had found vehicles comparable to cash but with significantly higher yields.
There is a difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion. The first is legal; the second is not
The recent passing of P.D. James reminded me of her 1992 novel The Children of Men, in which she describes the convolutions of society, politics and plain daily lives in a world without the ability to procreate.
Time and time again professionals in the investment field use quick and easy optical demonstrations of market behavior in order to influence action.