My Random Stock Portfolio Experiment: One Year Later
One year ago, I responded to an idea on Twitter that we should test how portfolios of stocks selected completely at random […]
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HK hedge fund assets more than Singapore, Australia and Japan combined – FT
This week in the print version of the FT, I was intrigued to find this chart showing the relative hedge fund assets […]
How to manage your IRA or 401K from outside the US: Webinar on June 16th 5pm HKT
With the deadline to make our 2019 IRA contributions pushed to July 15th this year, I have been getting an extended number […]
Some industries really are more profitable than others
One of the concepts in academic economics which seems to obviously false in the real world is the idea that firms in […]
75% of 65+ Men Retired Today vs 25% in 1880
In the “shocking statistics” category, I wanted to post the following quote in this Morningstar article on the US retirement savings crisis: […]
Singapore then and now, 1980s photos from Mothership
An article on Mothership showing photos of how Singapore has changed in the past 30 years: https://mothership.sg/2019/01/old-singapore-before-and-after/
Highlights and photos from the China Alternatives Investment Summit 2018 in Beijing
Had some problems uploading these from the conference, but here are some photos of last week’s event on ETFs and alternative investments, […]
Reference table: 500 RICs paying down debt
Another reference table with links to sort through:
A Critical Look at Critical Illness Insurance: Is It Worth It?
Most critical illness insurance policies (also known as “dread disease insurance”) I’ve seen before have looked like a pretty bad deal when […]
Performance of Quality, Value, Momentum, and Low Volatility Strategies vs the S&P 500
I have been working with “smart beta” strategies since 2006 (before they were even called “smart beta”), and continue to believe that […]