Category: Family Office
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Is this correction and volatility normal?
With perfect hindsight, we now all know that January 26th was the recent price peak in the U.S. stock market. Since then, the S&P 500 has declined about -10% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average… Read More
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Investment management can take many years of cycles and regimes to understand an edge.
It takes at minimum a full market cycle including both bull/bear markets to declare an edge in an investment management track record. But we also have different regimes. For example, each bull market can be different as… Read More
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Essence of Portfolio Management
“The essence of investment management is the management of risks, not the management of returns. Well-managed portfolios start with this precept.” – Benjamin Graham The problem is many portfolio managers believe they manage risk through their investment selection.… Read More
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How a Family Office Selects an Investment Manager
The topic of selecting an investment manager is an important one. Many investors, including professional financial planners and advisors admit they have little skill at selecting asset managers. In fact, some admit they do such… Read More