Christian ArmbruesterSep 27, 2021ArbitrageWhy hair care is better than quantitative analysis. When I first heard the term statistical arbitrage, I thought it was a joke. The kind...
Christian ArmbruesterSep 13, 2021Something ElseWhy alternatives to equites and bonds are hard to find. Nothing beats the S&P 500 at a time when central banks have pumped trillions and...
Christian ArmbruesterApr 12, 2021Lessons in LoveWhat are the big takeaways from a very strange year in the markets? It has been more than a year now that COVID-19 has taken over the...
Christian ArmbruesterFeb 1, 2021The Big ShortHow Reddit and Robinhood became like a swarm of locusts. The whole idea of speculating on prices falling seems wrong from the outset....
Christian ArmbruesterFeb 11, 2019Readers' Request: Hedge Funds Part IIWe received a lot of feedback on our recent post – Hedge Funds, Alpha and The Holy Grail. Thank you very much to all our avid readers and...
Christian ArmbruesterJan 14, 2019Hedge Funds, Alpha and The Holy GrailIt is amazing how much conjecture the term “hedge fund” can evoke. Nowhere else in finance is there more confusion and debate about what...
Christian ArmbruesterFeb 5, 2018What Actually is Alpha? RevisitedOur astute readers will remember that we wrote on the subject of alpha a few months ago What Actually is Alpha? But as we wake up to a...
Christian ArmbruesterOct 9, 2017What Actually is Alpha?I first came across the term ‘alpha’ in the mid-nineties. A trader from one of the convertibles trading teams told me he was very...
