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So much for bitcoin being 'digital gold'... In the midst of a market crash, investors often talk about safety assets. Whether it's U.S. Treasurys, gold, or real estate, people seek investments to park their cash to preserve capital when the markets tumble. For years, we've heard about bitcoin as an inflation hedge and a secure […]
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Think about paper losses versus realized losses... There's a saying in the professional investing world – in particular among registered investment advisors ("RIAs") – when talking clients off a panic-driven ledge: "You don't actually lose any money in the stock market until you realize your losses by selling." The only people who actually lost money […]
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Boaz Weinstein is at it again... Anyone familiar with Michael Lewis' book The Big Short and the Great Recession – or who has worked in the credit markets since the late 2000s – likely knows how financial-services firm Deutsche Bank (DB) was almost sunk in the crisis. While he wasn't mentioned in The Big Short, […]
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We're not the only ones saying now isn't the time to panic... Regular Altimetry Daily Authority readers know we've been consistently saying that while the current environment is going to be volatile, it's a time of opportunity. Two gurus we listen to have been saying the same thing... and just last week, they both explained […]
How long can the economy really last in a shutdown? Earlier this week, I came across an interesting chart in an article from investment bank JPMorgan Chase (JPM). It was an analysis of the number of days of operating costs that small businesses of different types have in cash on hand to survive if there […]
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Maybe flooding the venture-capital market with hundreds of billions of dollars wasn't a sound investment strategy... Japanese banking giant SoftBank is still facing the repercussions of its irresponsible dropping of helicopter money on the world of venture capital through its Vison Fund. Last week, the company announced it was seeking $10 billion to prop up […]
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Watch us explain our views on companies... for free! Altimetry Director of Research Rob Spivey periodically hosts webinars for our institutional clients. He takes them through Uniform Accounting insights using our institutional web application – the Valens Research app. It's a significantly more complicated version of our Altimeter tool, with more bells and whistles. Each […]
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Sometimes success is just about being in the right place at the right time, whether intentionally or by accident... One of my guilty pleasures when I have a free moment is reading sports and entertainment site The Ringer. Just last week, I saw a great article that broke down the massive number of successful sports […]
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Let's take a quick pulse of the credit market... Back in September, we laid out some of the key drivers that cause credit crises – the catalysts for deep bear markets and recessions. One of these drivers is the high cost to borrow that freezes corporations out of the credit market. As we explained, the […]
Sometimes artificial reality can tell us a lot about the real world... As we deal with the global coronavirus pandemic, one of the biggest issues for epidemiologists and everyone else trying to contain the spread of the disease is understanding human nature and how people will react to the disruption. Fortunately, there aren't a lot […]
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