Author: Cassie
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Investors’ reaction to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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On 20th April 2010 an explosion sank the Deepwater Horizon platform and caused oil to flow into the Gulf. On 15th July a temporary seal was completed, followed by the fitting of the permanent cap on 19th September. Eleven people died in the disaster and 3.2 million barrels of oil leaked into the Gulf. This…
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Alpha Decay
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Alpha Decay is a ground-breaking academic paper co-authored by Rick Di Mascio, CEO of Inalytics, Anton Lines from Columbia Business School and Narayan Y. Naik from London Business School. Using transaction level data from a sample of professional asset managers, the authors observed positive incremental alpha on newly purchased stocks that decays over the twelve…
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Are top athletes and fund managers really worlds apart?
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Superstar performance Are the causes of Andy Murray’s success really that different to Warren Buffett’s? Both are superstars in their own fields; high achievers who are richly rewarded. Fans of both believe they are highly skilled at their chosen profession. For athletes like Murray, his coaches have a wealth of data and performance statistics, which…