Coffee Time FinanceSetting the Context When it comes to investing money – the primary goal is to identify companies that provide you the highest return on capital. Now there are companies which shoot up in stock-price only to come plummeting down, there are hot-picks by business channels every day, month and quarter. But every stock has it’s […]
Setting the context This week, we will be going over a particularly interesting kind of Hedge Fund Strategy called Distressed Securities. Did you know institutions which invest in such companies are called “vultures”? You’ll find out why below 🙂 Introduction As the name suggests, distressed securities belong to firms that are “distressed”, that is, they […]
Guest Post – Tanumoy Hazra Why is it so important to determine an Asset Allocation Strategy? Expanding Options: The array of alternate investment options are growing day by day for investors. While they certainly make the portfolio construction process more complicated, they also provide new corridors for increasing potential returns while managing risk. It becomes […]
Guest Post – Tanumoy Hazra Challenges of asset allocation execution: There are many challenges in executing an asset allocation. A few common ones have been outlined below: I) Costs & lock-ins: Some asset classes are available but their costs are very high. For instance: A private equity/real estate fund is available at fixed fee plus performance […]
Guest Post – Tanumoy Hazra Introduction The importance of asset allocation lies in the overall risk-return performance of your portfolio. Both asset allocation and rebalancing your portfolio when required, play an important part in having a well diversified and a disciplined investment approach. The number of benefits provided by these 2 relatively straightforward investment strategies is immense. […]
Guest Post – Tanumoy Hazra Introduction Asset Allocation is an investment process which aims at allocating capital in different assets classes (eg: stocks, bonds, cash, gold, etc) that helps in balancing the risk and returns in a portfolio in accordance to the investor’s goals, risk tolerance and investment horizon. Examples of types of Assets Stocks – […]
Introduction In probability theory, the Kolmogorov’s zero–one law, named in honour of Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (yeah, I couldn’t pronounce that either), specifies that a certain type of event, called a tail event, will either almost surely happen or almost surely not happen; that is, the probability of such an event occurring is zero or one. The significance of this law is more pronounced in […]
What is Statistical Arbitrage? This is one of the strategies employed by Hedge Funds and High Frequency Traders, wherein they profit from mispricings in the market. The core idea being, prices of financial securities revert to their long-term historical average value over time (mean-reversion). To shed more light, let’s quickly walk through the mechanics of […]
Setting the Context: With the rise of collective awareness of the importance of sustainability in our social, corporate and economic actions, Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG) based Investing has amassed vast popularity. This concept is definitely not a new one and the thought of being more “environmentally-friendly” or “consciousness” has prevailed for decades, however, […]
Setting the Context Derivatives are part of the Alternative Investment asset class and provide a very interesting dynamic in hedging investment portfolios. In this week’s article let’s go over “What exactly Derivatives are?”, “What are Forwards, Futures and Options?” and examples of using Forward Contracts and Call Options as hedging instruments. What is a derivative? […]
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