We have posted articles here of more general investment interest following my random interests.
This article, window dressing, is about an end of year trading strategy that takes advantage of fund managers’ behavior.
Bernard Madoff lost $50 billion of others money causing ruin and suicide. Henry Markopolous wrote the SEC in 1999 saying that Madoff was either front running his broker dealer’s order flow or a Ponzi scheme. Here is a fascinating write up of the red flags.
Here is an extensive checklist to go through before investing in a hedge fund. It is great as far as it goes.
The March 2009 issue of the Investment Management Newsletter has an interesting article on behavioral finance. This is important for investors since the more accurate your view of the markets the better your investment results.
