[ad_1] Last year was humbling for economists and investment strategists alike. It began with an “imminent” recession and ended with equity markets near all-time highs. Historic rate hikes fueled a compelling narrative that, at best, anticipated both a weak economy and disappointing returns. To be sure, legitimate concerns underpinned this […]
Yearly Archives: 2024
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[ad_1] The Sepolia testnet will undergo a post-merge execution layer (EL) upgrade at block 1735371, expected on August 17, 2022 The upgrade will cause EL clients on the network to disconnect from peers which have not transitioned to proof-of-stake. It does not add additional functionality beyond this. Sepolia node operators […]
[ad_1] The Four Pillars of Investing, Second Edition: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio. 2023. William J. Bernstein. McGraw Hill Professional. In The Four Pillars of Investing, Second Edition: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio, William J. Bernstein, a retired neurologist and the cofounder of the investment management firm Efficient […]
[ad_1] tl;dr Merge sequence engaged 🚀 Mainnet Merge incoming Yesterday on the Consensus Layer call, client engineers agreed on Mainnet parameters for the Merge — a Bellatrix epoch of 144896 and a Paris TTD of 58750000000000000000000 (tentative). The TTD is based on Proof-of-Work difficulty and is thus a bit hard […]
[ad_1] Defined contribution (DC) plans are among the most common ways for US workers to save for retirement. US DC plan programs totaled $9.6 trillion in assets as of the third quarter of 2023 when they represented 22% of all US retirement assets. This creates tremendous responsibility for plan sponsors […]
[ad_1] Ethereum is moving to proof-of-stake! The transition, known as The Merge, must first be activated on the Beacon Chain with the Bellatrix upgrade. After this, the proof-of-work chain will migrate to proof-of-stake upon hitting a specific Total Difficulty value. The Bellatrix upgrade is scheduled for epoch 144896 on the […]
[ad_1] There is an old adage on Wall Street: To succeed as an equity fund manager, follow interest rates and the bond markets. We decided to put that theory to the test: So, how do we determine whether active equity fund managers are following the bond markets? There is no […]
[ad_1] The Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF) is a program designed to reduce the barrier to entry for developers interested in working on the core protocol. As core developer (and EPF creator) Piper Merriam likes to say, the door is comically wide open. EPF helps you walk through it. Over the […]
[ad_1] Brian Minns, CFA, will speak at the Climate Risk and Returns Conference from CFA Institute, held 20–21 April 2023 in New York City. Partnerships among institutional investors are crucial to achieving a low-carbon economy. As institutional investors, we have a fiduciary duty to act in our beneficiaries’ best interests […]
[ad_1] ~20 days until the Merge 🚀 tl;dr Merge Data Challenge 🧪📊 In preparation for the imminent Merge, the Merge Data Challenge is live! The Merge is the most complex upgrade to Ethereum to date and potentially to any public blockchain network ever. And with that comes tons of data […]
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