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The sad story of LTCM or why risk management is not like hard science?

IN 1996 And 1997 years hedge fund, operated by Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) has had an outstanding record of success and has earned an unrivaled track record in financial risk management. However, in August 1998 years, Russia's default on its debts began a chain of unheard-of market movements, which became terrible for LTCM. Some people say, that the moral of this story is, that risk management in the fund was insufficient, although partners (participants) Foundations were experts in the field on Wall Street and had weight in academia.. In this article, the author offers a different interpretation of those events..

How easy it is to consider American issuers and immediately weed out unsuitable options

The search for a new object for investments in the securities market is a constant labor- and time-consuming process. However, there are not so few shares on the Russian Federation market, but in the near future a significant number of money blogs arose, filled with reviews of the organization from Russia and the study of financial statements.

Interactive Brokers through the eyes of a financier

Good for everyone, not counting its owners of shares Over the recent period, there has been a real explosive growth in investments - due to the general covid isolation, brokers had to significantly improve their remote services for clients, including - to facilitate the opening and service of brokerage accounts, conducting operations with securities. This entailed something, that a huge number of newbie financiers appeared on the exchange. Some of them are determined to chase fashion promotions like Tesla and Virgin Galactic., someone got "under the hand" during events like the crackdown on GameStop shares. More advanced financiers might think about, how to get income on the general investment boom. It immediately recalls the times of the gold rush: not many of the gold diggers have found gold, but almost all businessmen, who traded in shovels, made a fortune. Such "shovel dealers" during the investment boom, Certainly, are exchanges and brokers. Prior to that, the pages of the Open Journal published a review of global exchanges and evaluated their investment attractiveness. In this article we will analyze, how presentable is the brokerage industry for a financier, taking Interactive Brokers as an example (IBKR). This foreign broker is more popular among Russian financiers, besides, its shares are traded on the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange. Interactive Brokers Past Cash Performance Summary 5 years is shown in the figure below. Rice. 1. Charts based on EDGAR data. Дивидендная история и график акции …

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HODL: keep bitcoin and earn

IN 2013 year on Bitcointalk there was a thread I AM HODLING. In it, the GameKyuubi trader explained, why didn’t sell bitcoins at the peak. There was a typo in the title: "I AM DEZHRU". Hodl has become synonymous with buy and hold. In the crypto community, hodlers are long-term investors., and investing itself is a hodlom.

Volatility and its use in investments

  Volatility is one of the most important indicators in investments, which speaks of the degree of variability in the price of an asset over a certain period of time.

Interactive Brokers through the eyes of an investor

Good for everyone, in addition to its shareholders Recently, there has been a real investment boom - due to the general coronavirus isolation, brokers had to significantly improve their remote services for clients, in particular - to simplify the opening and maintenance of brokerage accounts, conducting operations with securities. This led to the fact that, that many new investors have appeared on the exchange. Some of them are determined to chase fashion stocks like Tesla and Virgin Galactic., someone got "under the hand" during events like the crackdown on GameStop shares. More advanced investors may want to consider, how to make money on the general investment boom. The times of the gold rushes are immediately reminded here.: few gold diggers have found gold, but many businessmen, shovel traders, made a fortune. Such "shovel sellers" during the investment boom, obviously, are exchanges and brokers. On the pages of the Open Journal, a review of world exchanges was previously published and their investment attractiveness was assessed. In this article we will analyze, how attractive the brokerage industry is for an investor, taking Interactive Brokers as an example (IBKR). This foreign broker is the most popular among Russian investors, in addition, its shares are traded on the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange. A summary of Interactive Brokers' financial performance over the past five years is shown in the graphic below.. Rice. 1. Charts based on EDGAR data. Dividend History and Stock Chart - invtsting.com Rice. 1. Диаграммы построены по данным …

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5 bad advice from "investment experts"

The private investment boom started not so long ago, and novice investors have not yet fully learned to distinguish useful investment advice from myths and misconceptions, with which the information space is filled.

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