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Articles Written by: CHRISTOPHER HOLT
The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will eventually bang out some sort of recognizable text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare.
Along the same ...
From CHRISTOPHER HOLT,
Seeking Alpha,
24 Nov 2009
We’re in Asia for the next two weeks (Singapore, Hong Kong and Seoul), canvassing alternative investment professionals on last year’s annus mega-horribilis and finding out what got into the water that has led to this year’s miraculous rebound for both ...
From CHRISTOPHER HOLT,
ETF Investor,
10 Sep 2009
In its semi-annual report on the Asset Management and Capital Markets businesses, M&A specialist Jeffries Putnam Lovell highlighted the continued increase in divestitures as a percentage of overall M&A activity affecting the asset management business. ...
From CHRISTOPHER HOLT,
Seeking Alpha,
4 Sep 2009
A paper released by McKinsey & Co. last week concludes that 28% of asset managers are not responding adequately to the recent storm hitting their industry. McKinsey chalks this behavior up to “depression and denial”.
But wait. There is hope for the ...
From CHRISTOPHER HOLT,
ETF Investor,
24 Aug 2009
“Innovation” is often held up as the engine of growth for modern economies. Technological innovation, business process innovation, even social innovation, have carried the hopes and dreams of companies and economies alike.
This new four letter word has ...
From CHRISTOPHER HOLT,
Seeking Alpha,
13 Aug 2009
A couple of weeks ago, we examined the “rational irrationality” in the way that closed-end hedge funds are traded. While you’d expect a flood of new hedge funds listings during periods when secondary market discounts were low, that was not always the ...
From CHRISTOPHER HOLT,
Seeking Alpha,
5 Jul 2009
Linear regression models (a.k.a. factor models) have a number of emerging applications in the hedge fund industry. One of the most often-cited here and elsewhere is hedge fund replication (see related posts). But as we discovered recently, ...
From CHRISTOPHER HOLT,
ETF Investor,
8 Jun 2009
A lot of commentators - particularly in the mass media - have blamed hedge funds for the financial crisis. But unfortunately, their rhetoric is often very knee-jerk and lacks the necessary detail to actually make their arguments convincing. So in our ...
From CHRISTOPHER HOLT,
Seeking Alpha,
22 May 2009
Despite the aversion retail investors have recently had towards hedge funds, the hedgification of traditional investments is apparently continuing in some quarters of the money management business.
Back in March, Chip Roame, the founder and CEO of ...
From CHRISTOPHER HOLT,
ETF Investor,
7 May 2009
Since 130/30 or “short-extension” funds entered the investment lexicon over 3 years ago, they have generated considerable debate. While industry commentators derided the strategy in the media, academics remained steadfast in their belief that short ...
From CHRISTOPHER HOLT,
ETF Investor,
27 Apr 2009
