Why Are All Illiquid Alts Outperforming?

Why Are All Illiquid Alts Outperforming? Data manipulation is a superpower February 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: George Aliferis. This research note is a guest post from George Aliferis, CAIA, who runs InvestOrama, a content platform that explores the...

FX Trading: A Losers’ Game?

FX Trading: A Losers’ Game? It’s a shark tank, and if you ain’t the shark… February 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY FX hedge funds on average have produced zero alpha since 2007 Popular risk premia strategies have...

Smart Money, Crowd Intelligence, and AI

Smart Money, Crowd Intelligence, and AI Using human and artificial intelligence to beat the S&P 500 February 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Smart money, crowd intelligence, and AI ETFs have underperformed the S&P 500 since...

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...