[ad_1] “Oversimplify: to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error.” Some very black-and-white and reductive opinions about the prudence of active management have been making the rounds in the investment world of late. For example, in Defined Contribution Plans: Challenges and Opportunities for Plan […]
Yearly Archives: 2024
[ad_1] Now that Ethereum has launched and is rapidly nearing its Homestead phase, over the last few months we at the Ethereum Foundation have finally had the chance to have some breathing room and plan our strategies with a more long-term view. From a development perspective, we have now started […]
[ad_1] The credit markets have developed a highly concentrated buy-side structure since the global financial crisis (GFC). Driven largely by regulators, this has limited financial institutions’ ability to provide market liquidity at a critical time. As low interest rates and central bank bond buying have inflated corporate bond issuance, liquidity-providing […]
[ad_1] If DEVCON1 proved anything in spades, it was certainly the enthusiasm, creativity, and momentum of the Ethereum developer community. Utilizing the never-before-seen potential unleashed by the Ethereum World Computer, our small-but-growing community is not just re-imagining money (or even just re-imagining the Internet)… It is also re-imagining and delivering […]
[ad_1] A new investment style has proliferated over the last decade or so: the copycat investor. The basic idea is always the same. Look at the quarterly reports of prominent investment gurus and their holdings at the end of each quarter. Then simply invest in the same stocks they hold. […]
[ad_1] The time is gone, the song is over, Thought I’d something more to say. — Pink Floyd It is with no small amount of sadness that I must bid ye farewell. Like The Floyd’s work, in the time I’ve been involved with Ethereum, I’ve sampled the full gamut of […]
[ad_1] Beyond Diversification: What Every Investor Needs to Know about Asset Allocation. 2020. Sébastien Page, CFA. McGraw Hill. Sébastien Page, CFA, explains the pros and cons of different approaches to forecasting returns, risks, and correlations across asset classes. He explores methods of constructing portfolios to meet a range of client […]
[ad_1] Younger generations in the United States and other developed nations increasingly worry about economic trends that threaten to jeopardize their financial futures. The United States struggles with rising national debt, sparking fears that the dollar might lose its dominant status as the world’s reserve currency. This issue is further […]
[ad_1] Blockchains are a powerful technology, as regular readers of the blog already likely agree. They allow for a large number of interactions to be codified and carried out in a way that greatly increases reliability, removes business and political risks associated with the process being managed by a central […]
[ad_1] The US stock market has never before been this top heavy, and no easy solution, or indeed any solution, appears to be within the grasp of investors. The peak of the dot.com bubble seems quaint by comparison to the present market structure, with the top 10 weight currently standing […]