With most risky assets taking a bit hit last week, I decided to show our Alternatives Update for just last week to see what, if anything, would’ve help diversify your portfolio.
Bonds, market neutral, some merger and l/s guys, managed futures, and of course the bear funds did well.
San Francisco and Sacramento Monday May 17th – Thursday May 21st.
Drop me a line if you want to meetup!
A couple potentially great books en route:
Buy–DON’T Hold: Investing with ETFs Using Relative Strength to Increase Returns with Less Risk – Masonson
Panic: The Betrayal of Capitalism by Wall Street and Washington – Redleaf
I can count the number of crash/crisis books I’m interested in reading on zero fingers, but this one is different. For those that don’t know Redleaf is one of the best investors in the world. He runs the multi-billion dollar hedge fund Whitebox Advisors. You can find more info here on Hedge Fund Letters.
The rest of “What I’m Reading” can be found in the CQR Weekly Update. If you don’t sign up you can to the right with the Timing Updates box.
Often, I link to research papers and other sites of interest. They are categorized below:
