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Just when we are safest, there's a sunset-touch, A fancy from a flower-bell, some one's death, A chorus-ending from Euripides,– And that's enough for fifty hopes and fears As old and new at once as Nature's self, To rap and knock and enter in our soul, Take hands and dance there. —Robert Browning

THE TROUBLE WITH STYLE DRIFT PERFORMANCE AND RISK By Allie Esposito | November 13, 2018 Style drift occurs when an active fund manager with a stated investment style begins to transform the fund under management into a completely different style. For plan sponsors and investment...

Wells Fargo pays $43 million in settlement of 2 suits Wells Fargo Bank will pay a total of $43 million to settle two class-action lawsuits filed by a group of institutional investors including BlackRock and Pacific Investment Management Co. over the bank's role as trustee of residential...

Avoid Portfolio Managers Who Are on a Streak — Whether Hot or Cold A new paper finds that performance streaks, both winning and losing, change fund managers’ behavior — and investors don’t win in any case. Julie Segal November 12, 2018 PGIM Fixed Income: How to Pinpoint an Asset Manager to...

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“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” - Aristotle

Copyrighting Taste The EU's top court has ruled that no, you can't copyright the taste of a food. The case involved two Dutch manufacturers of spreadable cheese, one of which made the copyright claim against the other based on an earlier ruling about copyrighting the smell of perfume. But the...

Khashoggi Blame U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said the tape of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi does not implicate the Saudi crown prince and de-facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman. However, the New York Times reported that, on the tape, a member of the kill team was...

Blue Forest secures funding for first privately financed forest fire bond In a remote corner of the Sierra Nevada, a financial experiment is about to begin. Once this winter’s snow melts, workers will cut down small trees and burn undergrowth. But they won’t be paid by any public agency...

Third Point Offers Compromise in Campbell Soup Fight...

"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy." - Marcus Aurelius

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“I’m excited about the future whatever it may hold.” - Gayle King

What Apple’s partnership with Amazon means Amazon announced Friday that in the coming weeks, customers in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and India will start to see the latest versions of the iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch and Beats headphones selling on the site, with Apple...

What Apple’s partnership with Amazon means Amazon announced Friday that in the coming weeks, customers in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and India will start to see the latest versions of the iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch and Beats headphones selling on the site, with Apple...

The new boomtowns: Why more people are relocating to ‘secondary’ cities There is a a wave of people migrating from coastal cities to “secondary” cities – drawn by a lower cost of living, lighter tax burden, job growth and a better chance to buy a home they can afford. Nashville, Sacramento...

San Francisco company makes trading cards of Silicon Valley top VCs Cards include notable investors like Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham and Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen. The cards include stats for each investor, like their total number of investments and number of exits...