Archive for July, 2012

Moore Looks at Bank Liquidity

July 26, 2012

Louis Bacon’s Moore Capital was among the (more…)

AQR Catastrophe Insurance Investing Shows Promise

July 24, 2012

Chidem Kurdas

Storms are unrelated to stocks and bonds. So an asset (more…)

BlackRock Funds, Up and Down

July 18, 2012

Chidem Kurdas

Multi-trillion-dollar asset manager BlackRock has been building (more…)

Oaktree Withdraws IPO Filing

July 17, 2012

Last year $85 billion debt manager Oaktree (more…)

The Occasional Charm of Short Sellers

July 12, 2012

Chidem Kurdas

Every once in a while, investors stampede to short sellers. This (more…)

China in Yale University Endowment

July 9, 2012

Chidem Kurdas

China’s Shanghai Composite index is at a six-month low after premier Wen Jiabao said there is “huge pressure” on the Chinese economy.  This is (more…)