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Is Brexit a Tail Risk Event?

It has been more than a year since Britain voted to leave Europe and we are still trying to figure out what it all means. Countless...

Blu Family Office

Oct 30, 20173 min read

Is Brexit a Tail Risk Event?

It has been more than a year since Britain voted to leave Europe and we are still trying to figure out what it all means. Countless...

Blu Family Office

Oct 30, 20173 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

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

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