What is a Long Short Strategy?
The Long/Short Strategy dates back to 1948 when Alfred Jones, a Harvard graduate and former U.S. diplomat, also known as the “Father of the Hedge Fund”, set forth to try to minimize risk in holding long-term stock positions by short selling other stocks, therefore “hedging” risk. This investing innovation is now referred to as the [...]
Interesting Chart of the Day
I saw this the other day and thought it was a great chart to show how “buy and hold” only works in some markets. Most investors have seen the efficient frontier, but most charts show the average over a 50 year period. This charts shows us how it can act decade by decade.
Investors expect their [...]
