Dow

I thought I might take a bit of a longer look at the events of last week and see what they might mean; if anything. One of the interesting things about markets is the presence of perma- bears – that is traders/pundits/general idiots who no matter what the market condition are constantly calling for the…

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Hedge Funds Run By Women

This tallies with work down by Brad Barber and Terrance Odean on the relative returns of male and female investors, But the benefits of investing in female-led financial endeavors go even further than the Journal has it: Hedge funds run by women tend to outperform other hedge funds. A report put out in early 2013…

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Dow Jones

It looks as if at least for the interim the fun might be over – as you would expect I was booted out of my long Dow positions overnight.   As can be seen from the above chart pullbacks in extended trends are the norm and the psychology of markets is such that they can…

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