Financial
COVID has proven the resilience of cat bonds: Ruoff, Schroder Secquaero
The response of the catastrophe bond market to Covid-19 has demonstrated the sector’s resilience to a global pandemic, but as investor appetite intensifies, price increases could suffer, according to Stephan Ruoff, Head of Schroder Secquaero. After a slight slowdown amid the height of the Covid-19 outbreak earlier this year, the catastrophe bond market has gone…
Read MoreConvex takes committed capital to $2.7bn+ with new raise
Convex Group, the specialty insurance and reinsurance company founded by Stephen Catlin, has added another $1 billion dollar of capital from private equity investors, taking its total committed capital base to more than $2.7 billion. Convex launched back in April 2019 with $1.7 billion of initial committed capital. Now, the same investor group and private…
Read MorePotential coronavirus vaccine may block your stimulus checks
Lawmakers have worked for months to come up with the next relief package, but so far there has been nothing except for words. Post-election developments do hint of a coronavirus stimulus package soon, but there is one more crucial factor that could decide when Congress approves the relief bill and if it would include checks […]
The post Potential coronavirus vaccine may block your stimulus checks appeared first on ValueWalk.
Read MoreTime To Re-Engage On Tesla Short; Addition To S&P 500
Whitney Tilson’s email to investors discussing Tesla to be added to S&P 500; “time to re-engage (on Tesla short)?”; Space Karen; rapid COVID testing; in Biden, Detroit gets a ‘car guy’ with electric vehicles on his mind; first he built Tesla, now he’s recycling all the batteries; Who’s Drunk on Tesla? Q3 2020 hedge fund […]
The post Time To Re-Engage On Tesla Short; Addition To S&P 500 appeared first on ValueWalk.
Read MoreTop 10 highest paid CEOs earn more in 5 minutes than you earn in weeks
It’s no secret that the top 10 highest paid CEOs earn a lot more than the average American worker, but the extent to which is the case may still surprise you. A new study found it takes weeks for the average worker to earn what they earn in only five minutes. Here are the top […]
The post Top 10 highest paid CEOs earn more in 5 minutes than you earn in weeks appeared first on ValueWalk.
Read MoreHedge As An Alternative To Indexing
Excerpted from Build Wealth With Common Stocks, Publishing January 19, 2021 on Country View imprint. Copyright 2020-2021 by David J. Waldron. All rights reserved. Excerpt reprinted with permission of the author. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Hedge As An Alternative To Indexing Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from the upcoming book, […]
The post Hedge As An Alternative To Indexing appeared first on ValueWalk.
Read MoreNamed perils & alignment are priorities for year-end: Millette at Prospectus 2021
With the important January 1st, 2021 reinsurance renewals fast approaching, priorities for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market for year-end are expected to include named perils and ensuring alignment amid a hardening environment, according to Michael Millette, Founder & Managing Partner, Hudson Structured Capital Management. His comments came during the opening panel of the third day…
Read MoreJutta Kath to Chair ISC Switzerland
Jutta Kath, formerly of insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist manager Schroder Secquaero, has been appointed as Chair of ISC Switzerland, the countries branch of the well-known global insurance and reinsurance business community for women. Kath departed from Schroder Secquaero this year and has since launched her own company focused on leadership and motivational coaching, and continued…
Read MoreRooting for a Stock Price Crash Is Like Rooting for a Hurricane
The Shiller CAPE value is today at 30. That’s nearly double the fair-value CAPE value of 16. I think that’s dangerous. It was a CAPE value of 33 that brought on the Great Depression. I think that it is best for all investors if the CAPE always remains as close to fair-value levels as possible. […]
The post Rooting for a Stock Price Crash Is Like Rooting for a Hurricane appeared first on ValueWalk.
Read More