Citadel and Point72’s intention to provide liquidity may not be purely altruistic as the leader of Point72, Steve Cohen, is known to be a trader with and against his employees. Today’s FA Alpha Daily will feature Point72 to put into light how well he oversees his and his employees' books.
Warren Buffett has had great success over his decades as an investor thanks to his unique and well-thought out investment philosophy. His particular philosophy covers many approaches and disciplines, but one of his thoughts in particular comes into focus today.
In recent years, we have seen a convergence of financial institutions and the roles they play as market makers.
With this shift, legacy financial institutions such as hedge funds and asset managers began to add to their traditional roles.
Activist investor, Carl Icahn, recently had an HBO Documentary released about his life and pursues to change McDonald’s. Today’s FA Alpha Daily will look into Icahn Capital’s investments in asset-intensive turnarounds. FA Alpha Daily: Friday Portfolio Analysis Powered by Valens Research One of the most prominent activist investors of the past forty years has been […]
Oil prices have breached $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014 with rising inflation, catalyzed by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Today’s FA Alpha Daily will talk about the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), which tracks the most prominent companies in the energy sector.
Volatility is often a signal for investors to buckle down and brace for dramatic gains and losses.
In recent years, index funds that track broader market indices have become increasingly popular. They offer investors a low-cost option to diversify their assets.
The last year has led investors on quite the rollercoaster. For investors mostly indexed to the market, the ride has been a relatively smooth journey up. However, it was a different narrative for the next generation of retail investors.
The end of 2021 saw the market reach new heights. Investors were excited and rushing to invest in stocks across a wide variety of sectors as the economy was opening back up.
When Renaissance Capital launched its IPO ETF in 2013, investors doubted the introduction of the product to the market. For the past few decades, companies had been going private at a pace far quicker than companies had gone public.
