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17/25 largest tech companies founded by immigrants!

Listening to a fascinating talk and associated slide deck on the 'future of technology and the world." h.t. R. Compton http://recode.net/2014/05/30/mary-meekers-annual-rapid-fire-internet-trends-talk-video/ If you are into [...]

The Legal Case that HFT is Illegal

The (Questionable) Legality of High-Speed 'Pinging' and 'Front Running' in the Futures Markets Greg Scopino A version of the paper can be found here. Want a [...]

Using Astrology to make Investment Decisions?

I've heard some crazy things over the years and I often wondered what percentage of investment managers and advisors have an element of "astrology" to their decision-making process. Nonetheless, I never actually thought someone would use "relationships(s) between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world" to make investment decisions.

Hot Hand Fallacy…in Monkeys???

Hot hand bias in rhesus monkeys Blanchard, Wilke, and Hayden A version of the paper can be found here. Want a summary of academic papers with [...]

High-Frequency-Theft Lawsuits: Here they come!

http://www.rgrdlaw.com/media/cases/279_complaint.pdf This case arises out of a scheme and wrongful course of business whereby the Exchange Defendants, together with a defendant class of the brokerage firms [...]

A “Captivating” Tax Minimization Structure

http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2013/Mar/20126102.htm This is dedicated to all our tax-minimization fans out there. In recent years, smaller, closely held businesses have also learned that the captive insurance entities [...]

Buffett’s Berkshire Beatdown

Fortune has an interesting article on Warren Buffett's performance over the past 5 years (12/31/2008 through 12/31/2013) Furthermore, though Buffett doesn't specifically talk about this [...]

SEC Employees Make Great Stock Pickers

Stock Picking Skills of SEC Employees Shivaram Rajgopal and Roger White A version of the paper can be found here. Want a summary of academic papers [...]

Rebalancing: Less is More?

We did a quick study on monthly vs. annual rebalancing for the IVY5 asset allocation portfolio. We did buy and hold and moving average rule [...]

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