A blog about finance and investing with an academic flavor
Financial Markets - General / Independent Analysis
by Leonard Kostovetsky · Published December 21, 2021
As Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Still, it is useful to take a look at the market landscape as 2021 comes to a close, and create a baseline for what we should be expecting come 2022.
One question that seems to be popping up is how inflation is related to cryptocurrency prices and whether they are a good hedge against inflation? We can get an answer to this question by looking at market prices.
Independent Analysis / Personal Finance
by Leonard Kostovetsky · Published June 23, 2021 · Last modified June 30, 2021
Diversification is one of finance’s most intuitive and widely-accepted ideas. However, the optimal level of diversification is less obvious and the conventional wisdom on this question has evolved over time.
Financial Markets - General / Independent Analysis
by Leonard Kostovetsky · Published June 1, 2021 · Last modified June 8, 2021
Figuring out the expected return to investors from buying stock in GameStop and AMC
Throwing Darts at the WSJ
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This is my blog about interesting trends in finance and investing. I am a business school finance professor at Boston College, having earlier taught at University of Rochester and earned an Economics PhD at Princeton University.
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