[ad_1] 1. Fama and French: The Five-Factor Model Revisited How well has Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French’s five-factor model explained returns? Derek Horstmeyer, Ying Liu, and Amber Wilkins share their analysis. 2. Tell Me a Story: Aswath Damodaran on Valuing Young Companies When valuing companies, “You don’t have […]
Monthly Archives: March 2024
[ad_1] The Altair beacon chain upgrade is ready to be activated on the Ethereum mainnet. The upgrade will go live at epoch 74240 (Oct 27, 2021, 10:56:23am UTC). Client Versions In order to be compatible with the Altair upgrade, beacon node operators must update the client version that they run. […]
[ad_1] The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, with its expansion into neural networks and other novel fields, marks a dramatic shift away from traditional innovation models. And like all revolutions, it comes with challenges as rapid technological advancement gives rise to concurrent risks. Market volatility and convoluted regulations are significant hurdles, […]
[ad_1] Earlier this year, the Rayonism hackathon kicked off to protoype the architecture for Ethereum’s transition to proof of stake. The transition, often refered to as The Merge, will keep the existing beacon chain (eth2) and execution layer (eth1) clients, and “merge” both chains by making the beacon chain drive […]
[ad_1] Is there a trade-off between diversity and investment performance? It’s a common question with a definitive answer: No That’s my conclusion after conducting an extensive review of the literature on the relationship between diversity and investment risk and performance. An Overview of the Studies In total, the research I […]
[ad_1] tl;dr Altair is fast approaching. Upgrade your nodes! Now! 🚨Upgrade to Altair before Oct 27🚨 As mentioned in the previous Finalized post, Altair is scheduled to go live at epoch 74240 — Oct 27, 2021, 10:56:23am UTC. See the Altair Mainnet Announcement for details on who, how, and why. […]
[ad_1] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) widens the 10-year yield trading range. The BOJ announced its latest yield curve control (YCC) change on 19 December, raising the 10-year yield cap from 25 basis points (bps) to 50 bps. Some interpreted the shift as the first in a forthcoming series of […]
[ad_1] It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we’ll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway – or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements […]
[ad_1] Climate change is inescapable even for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). Its effects are forcing both short- and long-term decisions on HNWIs and their family offices. In the short term, the phenomenon is changing the calculus of where HNWIs choose to live, travel, and do business. In the long term, it […]
[ad_1] This issue of Finalized is dedicated to the contextualization of a recently published paper describing three possible attacks on Ethereum’s proof-of-stake algorithm. tl;dr These are serious attacks with a formally-analyzed, technically-simple mitigation. A fix will be rolled out prior to the Merge and will not delay Merge timelines. Forkchoice […]