Beauty is an important part of today's world. From a young age we are taught about physical features that are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. According to Wikipedia, 'being beautiful' often implies attractiveness or desirability, but can also be distinct from either. In studies on facial attractiveness, symmetry has a positive influence on attractiveness [...]
One of the frequent topics on the Systematic Investor podcast concerns volatility targeting or volatility scaling. There have been vivid discussions on various episodes, sparked by current research, such as the excellent paper by Campbell Harvey et al. 'The Impact of Volatility Targeting' and the often cited paper by Moreira & Muir on 'Volatility [...]
Quarantine binging is a thing. The king of streaming, Netflix, reported a record increase in subscribers during the coronavirus crisis. We are no strangers to binge watching. However, our poison is the "Netflix of Finance", Real Vision TV. The channel was founded in 2014 by the charismatic macro investor and ex GLG Global Macro [...]
It's really easy to misplace things. Sometimes it happens due to lack of attention, sometimes it's a medical condition. Every year, the second Friday of December is celebrated as Official Lost and Found Day. If you have lost something, it's good practice to track it down swiftly. You head to the last place you [...]
Last week's market action seemed pretty unrelated to my daily doings at first, but had a lasting impact towards my thinking in the end. Equities, allegedly driven by "dumb money" showed a lot of optimism following the easing of lockdowns around the world as many of my friends proved me wrong in my hesitation to [...]
After last week's launch of the new TwoQuants website and our attempt to break the ice between N. N. Taleb and C. Asness, I want to take the opportunity to formally introduce ourselves. However, due to frequent requests I have to inform you that sadly the mug depicting the argument between Cliff and Nassim is [...]
What could be better than launching our website with a big bang? With a big bang created by someone else! For everyone who enjoyed some well-deserved easing of the lockdown over the weekend and did not witness the Gigantomachy between hedge fund founder/billionaire Cliff Asness and trader/turned mathematician/turned philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb, I want to [...]
I presume you have all been reading the news and followed the excellent posts of Tomas Puey on why politicans and business leaders must act now (you can help by staying at home) and what the next 18 months can look like if our leaders buy us time. There is another interesting comparison from the same team that gives [...]
Happy meltdown with risk-parity and gold. Six books for the upcoming quarantine, including one for certain survival. After a non-coronavirus related absence last weekend, we are back with a quick summary of last weeks important events (and interesting articles) as well as some brainfood for the looming quarantine situation (some places are a little [...]
Input for your monthly performance review. A fully diversified portfolio of trade ideas. For everyone who has been living under a rock for the last couple of days: The S&P 500 plunged by roughly 13% over the last seven trading sessions after the inconvient truth that COVID-19 will have economic impact has hit markets. There [...]
