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Expert panel: Defining risk depends on investing horizon

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:15:37 +0000

What’s the right definition of risk in financial markets? Finding the answer to this question has become even more important because the number of retail traders is at a record high. Over the past 10 years, between 10 per cent and 15 per cent of all U.S. trades have come from retail accounts. So far […]

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Does time of day impact financial market returns?

mschmit — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 08:25:48 +0000

While many drivers can influence stock market returns, it turns out the time of the day may play an important role. In particular, the four hours around the time Asian markets close and European markets open account for the entire market returns when looking at E-mini S&P 500 futures, according to the paper by Dmitriy […]

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Building a portfolio with LEGO

mschmit — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 05:33:45 +0000

While investors may remember playing with LEGO during childhood, it’s unlikely they’ve ever thought to include it in their portfolios. However, LEGO could possess some genuinely attractive defensive properties as an alternative asset class, according to a paper by researchers at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. “People have been collecting rarities and luxury items […]

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