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Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds

Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds Just Bitcoin-beta plays? January 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Cryptocurrency hedge funds generated abnormally high and uncorrelated returns since 2014 However, the returns can be simply attributed to the...

Myth-Busting: ETFs Are Eating the World

Myth-Busting: ETFs Are Eating the World  More like nibbling the world January 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY ETFs are a negligible owner of US stocks Primary and secondary ETF trading has not grown quicker than total stock trading The...

Analyzing Floating Rate ETFs

Analyzing Floating Rate ETFs  Useful for navigating a rising rate environment? January 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Floating rate ETFs pursue differentiated strategies Some of them are highly correlated to equities, limiting any...

Factor Olympics Q4 2021

Factor Olympics Q4 2021  And the winner is… January 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY 2021 was a year of moderate factor performance Value, Quality, and Low Volatility factors generated positive returns Momentum and Size were...

How Much Does a VC Need to Make?

How Much Does a VC Need to Make? Musing about venture capital return assumptions December 2021. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYVenture capital funds are highly sensitive to exit multiples given the skewed ratio of winners vs losersThe...