Asset Allocation

The new Intralinks Deal Flow Indicator report merits study by alpha hunters who look for promising mergers…

In her recent Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture, Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen stressed the…

One of the great clichés of the dotcom boom was, “information wants to be free.” This conveyed a number of…

On May 20th of this year, the army in Thailand declared martial law, at the same time denying that what it…

By Andrew Beer A vexing issue with hedge funds is the lack of persistence of returns. Last year’s winners…

Below you’ll find a chart that covers one year in the life of the Nikkei 225, concluding June 27, 2014. It is…

On Monday, June 16th, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a stunningly complete victory for NML Capital, the…

The independent data provider Eurekahedge tells us in its latest report that alternative investment vehicles…

Money is a strange phenomenon. Our modern notion of it mean that (in essence) it is intrinsically useless…

Last year legendary investor Warren Buffett, with help from a law professor, Lawrence Cunningham, brought out…

Many of recent history’s most significant market events have manifest in what was (previously) the extreme of…

It’s quite conceivable that the grandparents (or even parents) of the future will be made to feel even more…

At least Valeant is now trying to make money the old-fashioned way: by buying an operation that knows how it’…

Big Picture Economics How to Navigate the New Global Economy By Joel L. Naroff and Ron Scherer 234 pages John…

The super-endowments of the traditional Private Ivys -- like Harvard and Yale -- are always closely watched,…