Investments
Dividend Income Summary: Bert’s January 2021 Summary
2021 is flying by at light speed, or at least it sure feels that way. That is why we are pursuing financial freedom. To slow time down! Winter is kicking our butts and there have been some HEAVY snow days. Sometimes, I ask myself why I choose to live in the cold. Every month, we…
Read MoreWe Don’t Acknowledge Our Get Rich Quick Urge Because Its Irrationality Shames Us
The choices that investors make are directed by the Get Rich Quick urge residing within them. It is that Get Rich Quick urge that makes the irrational exuberance examined in Shiller’s famous book possible. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Irrational Exuberance Isn’t that so? Isn’t it strange that there is a book […]
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Read MorePlenum Insurance Capital Fund exceeds $100m of assets
Just nine months into its life, the latest insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund launch from Plenum Investments AG, the Zurich based specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond investment manager, has surpassed $100 million of assets under management. Plenum Investments launched its Plenum Insurance Capital Fund, a UCITS ILS fund that will allocate to both catastrophe…
Read MoreBuild America repeats Fidus Re financial guarantee ILS at larger $150m size
Build America Mutual Assurance Company has returned to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market for its second securitization of financial guarantee insurance risks, with a larger $150 million Fidus Re Ltd. (Series 2021-1) deal. Build America Mutual is a financial guarantee specialist insurer established by the National League of Cities with initial capital from White Mountains…
Read MoreParametric crop-yield risk transfer product launched by Praedictus & Speedwell
A new parametric crop-yield risk transfer solution has been launched by Praedictus Climate Solutions in partnership with The Speedwell Group. Praedictus Croplock offers an index-based solution for managing crop yield risk, with parametric triggers designed to match the predicted output for crops. The solution makes use of proprietary crop yield modelling techniques and Praedictus has…
Read MoreHalloween hail in Queensland, Australia seen as $805m industry loss
The Insurance Council of Australia has said that its estimate for the insurance and reinsurance market loss from the hailstorm event on October 31st 2020 that struck south-east Queensland is A$805 million. That’s far lower than the A$1.3 billion estimate announced by PERILS AG, which is based on insured property and motor market loss data…
Read MoreDividend Aristocrats In Focus: Franklin Resources
Updated on February 22nd, 2021 by Bob Ciura When it comes to dividend investing, the Dividend Aristocrats are the “cream of the crop.” The Dividend Aristocrats are stocks in the S&P 500 Index, with 25+ consecutive years of dividend increases. There are just 65 companies that have attained Dividend Aristocrat status. As a result, it…
Read MoreInvestors Panic As Markets Collapse To Levels Not Seen In Over 10 Days
A panicky mood was evident on Monday as pale, trembling CNBC anchors, framed on the television by the blood-red tickers of tanking stocks, reported the fourth day in a row of losses in the S&P 500. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Unprecedented Losses In The S&P 500 Now over seventy basis points […]
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Read MoreBitcoin Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap. What That Means for the Future of Money
Bitcoin hit another milestone this Friday as its total value surged to over $1 trillion for the first time ever. This move comes on the heels of a major rally which has seen the asset grow over 360% in just the past 4 months. The price of bitcoin now stands at $55,000 and looks poised […]
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