US stock markets have been such a bad investment lately (’’What? Did Alf have a pizza indigestion?’’).
Not really, I am just looking at data.
The chart below shows the relative performance of the against the total return index.
Using…
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Today’s revised Q2…
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A couple of years ago, I wrote about absolute versus relative returns. Given the latest market run, I am getting a lot of questions about chasing returns, and individuals comparing themselves to the . Historically, trying to beat a…
In your recent interview with TradeTalks at Consensus, you highlighted how risk and compliance tools are driving institutional adoption of digital assets. Can you elaborate on how institutions are leveraging these…