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10 Wednesday AM Reads

The Big Picture

New York Times ) see also Powell Will Find Much to Love in Retail Sales Letdown : The latest report landed with a mixed reception. New York Times ) Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Tom Wagner, Co-Portfolio Manager at Knighthead Capital. It roared back — and now its fate is in his hands. (

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Transcript: Kenneth Tropin

The Big Picture

And if you’re able to do that in a diverse number of markets and asset classes, while managing risk in the markets that aren’t trending, you know, that’s in general how trend following works. And now, some of the retailers are talking about easing Amazon and Walmart. They were in a mad dash to hire.

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Transcript: Cathy Marcus, PGIM Real Estate

The Big Picture

She has had a number of different positions within PIM, including managing their flagship core real estate fund. Before she moved into management, she has been on all of the big lists. Because the idea of syndication is that you make a giant purchase and then you sell it off in smaller units to really more of a retail investor.

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At the Money: Benefits of Quantitative Investing

The Big Picture

Portfolio management was a lot less evidence-based than it is today. And everyone answers for, except for the person they hire, whose answer was, what number did you have in mind? the number of periods over one, three, five, and 10 years where it beats its benchmark is extremely high. What’s two plus two.

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Transcript: Luis Berruga, Global X ETFs

The Big Picture

And definitely, their retail market participation is significantly lower than you can see in the U.S. And I did the math, and I think at that point in time, roughly speaking, assets in ETS were roughly just 10 percent, 12 percent of assets in mutual funds and I was pretty convinced that that number was to increase significantly.

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The Best Small-Cap Opportunities

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In an article from Royce Investment Partners , portfolio managers Jim Stoeffel, Brendan Hartman, Jim Harvey, and Kavitha Venkatraman shared where they believe the best opportunities for long-term investments in small-caps are.

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Transcript: David Einhorn, Greenlight Capital

The Big Picture

And since that happened, I don’t know, about four or five years ago, the fund has been putting up great numbers, outperforming doing really, really well. And we held it for, I don’t know, for a number of years. I’m the portfolio manager and I’m actually the only portfolio manager.