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Excerpted with permission of the publisher, Cambridge University Press, from Common Sense by Copyright (c) 2020 Joel Greenblatt. Used by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Chapter 6: Saving Time and Social Security – Now Everyone Can Be a Long-Term Investor So, a few years ago, I […]

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Ben Strubel’s letter to investors for the month of September 2020, discussing that not everything in politics affects the stock market. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Dear Investors, Three Factors Driving The Market Recovery The stock market has generally recovered its COVID-related losses. The market recovery has been driven by three factors. […]

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Many people eagerly await the end of the year in hope of a brighter 2021. Although we still have a few months to go, most mints and refineries are shifting their attention towards their 2021 releases. What this means for investors is this is a good time to touch base with your 2020-2021 investment plans. […]

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This week marks a kind of beginning for what is likely to be one of the strangest years in the history of activist investing. After a summer break punctuated by some sabre-rattling, fundraising, and tentative steps toward a return to fully functioning M&A markets, it is still hard to be certain whether we are going […]

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As markets plummeted around us, with the S&P 500 hitting the bottom on March 23, it soon became clear that this would be a financial crisis like no other. Asset managers quickly realized that clients needed reassurance. That meant more frequent communication through the digital channels that were available. As a global PR agency that […]

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$2,000. Think about this number. Theoretically, it’s just a number, one of many. But… somehow we feel that jumping above this level was a big event in the gold market. After all, gold surpassed this psychologically important point for the first time in history, reaching record high, as the chart below shows. Q2 2020 hedge […]

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As the 2021 deadline for replacing LIBOR approaches, the conversation among policy makers and market participants has shifted from which single benchmark will replace the scandal-ridden LIBOR to the value of multiple alternative benchmarks tailored to specific requirements.  Regulators and capital markets participants are recognizing that borrowers and lenders need and will benefit from interest […]

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Beyond Meat (BYND) was one of last year’s hottest stocks. Shares of the plant-based meat company exploded 859% during its first three months out of the gate. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more “Fake meat” was all the rage: an instant favorite with Millennials (I personally prefer the real thing). And the industry’s still […]

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Rocky, as in Rocky Balboa. Even if knocked down, rising to settle the score. Yeah, the bulls are made of steel – that’s still my opinion after looking at dozens of charts, and scrolling down the headlines. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Assessing the outlook yesterday, such were my observations: (…) Is […]

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