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Dear fellow investors, The oddity of today’s stock market is exactly what any God-fearing value manager should pray for. There are very few scenarios in the last 50 years that can be used to model or forecast what is currently going on. We are strong believers in Mark Twain’s saying that, “History never repeats itself, […]

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Logica Capital commentary for the month ended May 2020, titled, “While The City Sleeps.” Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Logica Absolute Return  – Up/Down Convexity – No Correlation Logica Tail Risk – Max Downside Convexity – Negative Correlation May 2020 Performance Logica Absolute Return -1.38% Logica Tail Risk -2.57% S&P 500 +4.76% VIX […]

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The gold price is back above $1,700 an ounce as fundamentals continue to support a bullish trend for the yellow metal. Risk aversion returned in full force today, battering stocks and dragging indices into the red. Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Credit Suisse analysts raised their forecasts for the gold price in […]

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In a note to investors, while commenting on the weak JOLT job openings estimate and trading at mid day, Gorilla Trades strategist Ken Berman said: Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The major indices are mixed with bearish bias at midday as the epic rally in the key cyclical sectors fizzled out this […]

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Comparison of Benchmark Performance Over the First Four Months of 2020 Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more With the expected sunset of LIBOR at the end of 2021, the banking community has been actively working to develop other potential benchmark rates.  The Federal Reserve sponsored Alternative Reference Rate Committee (ARRC),[1] has endorsed the […]

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Ben Strubel’s letter to investors for the month of June 2020, titled, “why the stock market isn’t always the economy.” Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Dear Investors, First, some good news. Lancaster County is now in the “yellow phase.” That means my physical office location is allowed to open and I am […]

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Many Americans are watching the news daily for an update on whether there will be another stimulus package in 2020. Specifically, they want to know if there will be a second round of IRS stimulus checks for the general public. Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The possibility of a round 2 of […]

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The Department of Labor recently released guidance that will have a tremendous impact on investments in the private equity industry. The guidance clarifies that adding a private equity fund to a defined contribution plan, like a 401k, is permissible under ERISA. This will allow PE funds (and VC funds) to become involved in the massive defined contribution pension […]

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