October 8, 2017

Warning: Lots of Content on the Way

As you know, sometimes we can go a week, even two with no Farm emails.  Other times, the emails will come in batches.  Next two weeks will be the latter…so be forewarned! Here’s a good chart pack from Yardeni with […]
October 8, 2017

Tweets of the Week

Once every week (or so) I send out a curated “Tweets of the Week” For those of you not on Twitter you can always find them on the blog. Here is this week – and you can find the archives here...
October 8, 2017

Coppock

A fun look at the Coppock Curve by Tom McClellan.  I also included an old article we did on the topic… Chart then download: —- —- Links Coppock Curve Getting to High Level Coppock Curve Applied to Global Markets Website […]
October 1, 2017

Most of You Don’t Own This, At All…

Y’all probably know already how I feel about this, but the world’s largest asset class is foreign bonds…and most own almost none. Also included a link to my old paper on the topic. Charts then download: —- —- Links The […]
September 29, 2017

GMP

There is a lot in here….CAPE ratios, expected returns, etc….I liked the section on the Global Market Portfolio (GMP). Chart and download: —- —- Links Expected Returns Website https://www.robeco.com/en/
September 28, 2017

Bonds for the Short Run

Ooof that doesn’t look good… Chart then download: —- —- Links Stocks for the Long Run Website https://www.guggenheimpartners.com
September 27, 2017

Peaks

We haven’t featured Ineichen in awhile, but here’s a good piece from this summer. Chart then download: —- —- Links Peaks Website ai@ineichen-rm.com www.ineichen-rm.com
September 24, 2017

Two Great Stories

Both of these stories are excellent.  Amazing how some small events can shape careers and also the course of history. Enjoy! Links Why Selling a Big Position of Puts the Day Before the Crash of ‘87 was a great trade […]
September 22, 2017

Quick Hits

It’s been pretty quiet over here.  I’m still stuck on how best to curate the top podcasts but here’s two good ones not to miss with Kyle Bass and Scott Malpass. Links Malpass Interview Kyle Bass Interview
September 1, 2017

The GMP

Great paper from Pete Mladina on the global market portfolio…he compares it to 151 World Allocation funds…and finds most would be better off just indexing to the GMP…which is basically 50% a global stock index ACWI) and 50% a global […]
August 30, 2017

Multi-Factor REITs

A nice simple paper from OSAM on multi-factor REIT investing. …chart then download: —- —- Link A Factor Alpha Approach to REITs Website http://www.osam.com/commentary.aspx
August 28, 2017

$700

As a reminder, if you send me a link/PDF to a research piece that I then use, I will credit your account $100.  We have readers that have made over $700 this way…so just send an email with RESEARCH in the subject […]
August 27, 2017

Bonds and Low Rates

Great paper…don’t miss…people love to think in nominal returns, but it is real returns that matter… …chart then download: —- —- Link Asset Allocation in a Low Yield Environment Website https://www.aqr.com/
August 23, 2017

New Book!

You can click on the below link to download a copy of the new book, The Best Investment Writing! It contains about 30 short pieces from some of the top writers in our industry… I would love to hear your feedback. […]
August 21, 2017

Macro Mo

A complimentary macro strategy to trend? …chart then download: —- —- Link Macro Momentum Website https://www.aqr.com/