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Markets are fast-paced, and traders are always on the lookout for the latest news or economic indicators that could impact the markets.  One of the most common questions that arise among traders is how fast are things priced in?  When news breaks, do markets react instantly, leaving traders with little or no opportunity to capitalize […]

Variance plays an important role in trading and investing as it measures the degree of dispersion of returns around the mean return. I n other words, variance indicates how much the returns of a security or portfolio deviate from its average return. Investors and traders use variance (volatility) to estimate the risk of an investment. […]

Investing in stocks (public equity) or private equity can be a daunting task, especially for beginners. Both types of investments have their own advantages and disadvantages, and investors should carefully consider their goals and risk tolerance before investing in either.   Key Takeaways – Stocks vs. Private Equity Public equity offers liquidity, transparency, and easy […]

A private company is a company that is not publicly traded on a stock exchange. The vast majority of businesses in the United States and around the world are private companies. Publicly traded companies are less than 1 percent of all US firms and about one-third of US employment in the non-farm business sector. So more […]

Volatility is a common feature of a lot of modern theoretical finance. You see it a lot in modern portfolio theory and metrics like the Sharpe ratio. It’s also used a lot in practice. Many investment funds target volatility and express their risk as such. But is volatility important? That’s what we’ll look at in […]

In this article, we cover various systematic and discretionary trading and investing strategies, covering a wide range of approaches, asset classes, and time horizons, along with brief descriptions of each. Please note that many strategies are really a mix of both in the real world. However, they may tend to be more commonly used in […]

Financial markets represent the discounted future. As mentioned in a previous article where we discussed our big three market equilibriums that traders and investors need to pay attention to, we described the “risk premium” between different asset classes. It tells you what the discounted future is like. 1. What’s the yield on cash? Where does […]

Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency that was created in 2013 as a parody of Bitcoin. Dogecoin has a Shiba Inu dog on its logo and it became popular because of its funny name (a misspelling of “dog”) and its mascot. The price of Dogecoin surged in the 2020-21 period because of the ongoing bull market in […]

In September 2022, the UK imposed a tax cut as an attempt to stimulate the economy. In this article, we cover the broad-level impact of this fiscal proposal on financial markets.   Financial Market Impacts That led to the plunge or UK currency, bonds, and financial assets because the tax cuts were unfunded (i.e., they […]

Traded REITs are those you can buy on exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ via standard brokerages. These REITs are traded frequently and their prices can be volatile due to changes in market conditions or industry or company-specific news. Non-traded REITs, on the other hand, are offered through private placement […]