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Surging bond yields continues to weigh on tech stocks. When the 10-year yield pops by 20 basis points to reach a 1-year high, that will happen. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Dow, Nasdaq And S&P 500 Down Tuesday (Feb. 23) saw the Dow down 360 points at one point, and the Nasdaq […]

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A trio of proxy fights announced this week show the benefits of collaboration for activist investors, as well as the impact of a successful track record. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Activists Collaborate To Pounce At Kohl’s Macellum Capital, Legion Partners Asset Management, and Ancora Advisors were joined by 4010 Partners in […]

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed the plant closure that was reported on Thursday. However, he denied the claim that it was set to be closed for two weeks, saying that it was shut down for only two days this week but is back up and running. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more […]

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Right from the open, stocks have been losing altitude yesterday, and value couldn‘t indeed overpower the tech slide. Long-dated Treasuries had a climactic day of incomplete reversal on outrageous volume. Regardless of the evidence of asset price inflation, there is almost universal short-term vulnerability, and yesterday‘s broad based selling spanning precious metals and commodities, confirms […]

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Shields up on the Starship Enterprise (via Laser Fire Creations).  Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Correlations Converging To One Looks like we spoke too soon when we wrote Bitcoin Bounces Back. As we type this early Friday morning, Bitcoin prices are tumbling back to Tuesday’s lows. Bitcoin’s not alone. Checking futures now, […]

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Personal Investments Was it a minor violation of a corporate policy or more about inside politics? That is what people familiar with recent changes at Morgan Stanley are asking today in light of the financial service company recently parting ways with one of their top performers. Thane Stenner headed a significant team for Graystone Consulting, […]

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Crescat Capital commentary for the month of February 2021, titled, “The Fed is Trapped.” Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Dear Investors: The year is just getting started and the US fiscal deficit already reached another record, now at its worst level in 70 years. The Fed is facing its worst predicament yet. […]

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Creating brand value is one of the most difficult tasks for a company. Brand value is basically the perceived value of the company and its product in the eyes of the customers. A big company may not necessarily have a big brand value. The year 2020 has been devastating for the brand value of many […]

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Research shows news analytics can provide an added dimension to Italian sovereign debt analysis – what can it tell us about the impact on markets of the recent crisis in the Camera? Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more One area where investors are increasingly exploring the use of alternative data is in the […]

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