Albert Bridge Capital

Was “Value” Just a Hot Hand Thing?

In 1861, at the outset of the Civil War in the United States, Union Pacific issued 20 shares in its IPO.

Bubblicious?

COVID-19 and related counteractive policies have had an extremely negative impact on domestic and global economies. Whether or not you believe that the policies weren’t strong enough, or if they were overzealous, we are where we are.

Finance

Behavioural Finance is Finance

Last week, Barry Ritholtz had a fun interview with Eugene Fama.

Finance

America’s Decade

When it comes to predicting the economy, we believe that speculating when things will turn is an exercise in futility and a horrible waste of time; one which meanwhile distracts us all from the task at hand.

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting?

Last week, Finance Twitter erupted over a Bloomberg article about Michael Burry [i] and how he likened passive investment in equity markets to the bubble in the synthetic CDO market back in 2007, which he famously – thanks to Michael Lewis and Christian Bale – identified.

Voting Machines and Weighing Machines

Ben Graham is famously attributed for stating that the market was a voting machine in the short term, but a weighing machine in the long term.

Groundhog Day and Overnight Returns

Over the past few years, some of the finance literature has started addressing the phenomenon, if not the apparent puzzle, of overnight returns (close-to-open) vs. intraday returns (open-to-close).

Visualizing the Arithmetic of Active Management

It’s been said that a picture can be worth a thousand words.

Risk and Portfolio Theory

As we’ve discussed, efficient market academia suggests that Mr. Market actually only cares about systematic risk.

On Sexual Chocolate and Semi-Annual Reporting

The presupposition that quarterly earnings and guidance somehow breeds short-termism and suboptimal business strategy,

Island Economies and Risk

In this economy there are two companies, a resort hotel, and an umbrella manufacturer.

Hunting for Alpha

But Can a Stock-Picker Really Generate Alpha, and is it Luck or Skill When it Happens?

Career Risk, Alpha, and Contrarian Investing

At our firm, one of our main goals is, very simply, to generate excess returns from equity investing without taking commensurate risks.

God Bless the Shorts

Elon Musk made a lot of news last week, refusing to answer “boneheaded” questions from “boring” sell-side analysts.

Equilibrium Happens

There is a great deal of discussion these days regarding the impact of passive investing

Half Hearted Is Half Minded

After discovering the next great investment idea, why is it so easy to start with a half-sized position, watch it a bit, and then go full-sized later?

Still Superman, but without the cape

I have immense respect for Bob Shiller.

Pegs, P/E'S and the Value Premium

Several years ago, we did an analysis of companies starting with a specific starting growth rate, and assumed that they would do a straight-line ten-year fade to a growth rate equalling inflation.

Robots and Alpha

The trend from active to passive (or systematic) investing is now well-entrenched.

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Was “Value” Just a Hot Hand Thing?

Bubblicious?

Finance

Behavioural Finance is Finance

Finance

America’s Decade

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting?

Voting Machines and Weighing Machines

Groundhog Day and Overnight Returns

Visualizing the Arithmetic of Active Management

Risk and Portfolio Theory

On Sexual Chocolate and Semi-Annual Reporting

Island Economies and Risk

Hunting for Alpha

Career Risk, Alpha, and Contrarian Investing

God Bless the Shorts

Equilibrium Happens

Half Hearted Is Half Minded

Still Superman, but without the cape

Pegs, P/E'S and the Value Premium

Robots and Alpha

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