A few observations
"Illiquidity Is The New Leverage And Flows Are More Important Than Fundamentals" - Eric Peters, CIO, One River Asset Management Tulip...
The changing narrative on China
Embracing policy is a choice for investors offshore but a necessity for firms operating in China.
Fair value vs high value
Curating and designing the short-term narrative towards a high value sometimes comes at a cost.
Age and risk management
Risk management isn't sometimes about portfolio growth and diversification, but more about avoiding bad decisions with drastic outcomes.
The era of bullshitting is over
Social media had only really started to take off some time in 2009. In the 2020 TV documentary The Social Dilemma, the show talks about...
Stupid money is as stupid does
When FTX imploded, some of the largest investors including OTPP and Temasek Holdings issued public statements to disclose their full...
"Uninvestable" is all about the perception of risk
Starting a business in the US almost seems like fortune favours the bold. In China it feels more like: You better do as you are told.
What's good for you may not be good for me
More than ten years ago during my early banking days, I was chatting with a friend over lunch. At that point of time, I had just...
Numbers and the narrative
Without connecting the numbers to a story, projecting cash flows simply becomes an emotionless exercise of numbers.
Policy error?
If the Central Banks got it wrong on monetary policy, can we also assume that the valuation models that we have done and relied on for...