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Managing Wealth Effectively
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What is Tail Risk? Can You Hedge It?
Tail risk is defined as the possibility that an investment can move more than three standard deviations from the mean in a normal...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 23, 20172 min read
What is Tail Risk? Can You Hedge It?
Tail risk is defined as the possibility that an investment can move more than three standard deviations from the mean in a normal...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 23, 20172 min read
Currencies Confused
Of all the asset classes in finance, currencies are the least understood. Funnily enough though, everyone thinks they know everything as,...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 16, 20172 min read
Currencies Confused
Of all the asset classes in finance, currencies are the least understood. Funnily enough though, everyone thinks they know everything as,...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 16, 20172 min read
What Actually is Alpha?
I first came across the term ‘alpha’ in the mid-nineties. A trader from one of the convertibles trading teams told me he was very...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 9, 20173 min read
What Actually is Alpha?
I first came across the term ‘alpha’ in the mid-nineties. A trader from one of the convertibles trading teams told me he was very...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 9, 20173 min read
What is Investment Risk?
Seemingly a stupid question and one many professionals would be able to answer in many ways. These professionals would use advanced...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 2, 20172 min read
What is Investment Risk?
Seemingly a stupid question and one many professionals would be able to answer in many ways. These professionals would use advanced...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 2, 20172 min read
How Can You Invest to Fund Ever Rising Private School Fees?
Private school fees are up 70% since 2004, almost three times higher than the consumer price index during the same period, and average...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 25, 20171 min read
How Can You Invest to Fund Ever Rising Private School Fees?
Private school fees are up 70% since 2004, almost three times higher than the consumer price index during the same period, and average...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 25, 20171 min read
An Introduction to Behavioural Risks
Let's assume your world is perfect: you have got nothing to worry about and more money than you can spend. What would you do then? Would...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 20, 20172 min read
An Introduction to Behavioural Risks
Let's assume your world is perfect: you have got nothing to worry about and more money than you can spend. What would you do then? Would...
tomtardif23
Sep 20, 20172 min read
The Risk of Not Investing
Doing nothing can seem like such an elegant idea. After all available options have been thoroughly analysed and no appealing solution...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 14, 20172 min read
The Risk of Not Investing
Doing nothing can seem like such an elegant idea. After all available options have been thoroughly analysed and no appealing solution...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 14, 20172 min read
How Much Does It Really Cost to Make an Investment?
Adding up all the fees, commissions and expenses to administer your wealth is known as the Total Cost of Exposure Ratio (TCER). To make...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 14, 20172 min read
How Much Does It Really Cost to Make an Investment?
Adding up all the fees, commissions and expenses to administer your wealth is known as the Total Cost of Exposure Ratio (TCER). To make...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 14, 20172 min read
Interest Rates Remain Near Zero – A Significant Problem for the Wealthy
It has been nine years since the financial crisis and interest rates in the developed world continue to be at record lows. For the...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 14, 20171 min read
Interest Rates Remain Near Zero – A Significant Problem for the Wealthy
It has been nine years since the financial crisis and interest rates in the developed world continue to be at record lows. For the...
Christian Armbruester
Sep 14, 20171 min read
The Blu Family Office Blog Launches
Dear Readers, Welcome to the Blu Family Office Blog. We intend to be informative about concepts and interesting topics around the world...
Blu Family Office
Sep 14, 20171 min read
The Blu Family Office Blog Launches
Dear Readers, Welcome to the Blu Family Office Blog. We intend to be informative about concepts and interesting topics around the world...
Blu Family Office
Sep 14, 20171 min read
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