Summer of 1,000 Posts

Jun 28th, 2009 | Filed under: Featured Post, Today's Post

This week marks the publishing of our 1,000th post at AllAboutAlpha.com.  We’ve seen a lot over the past 3 years.  And despite its recent travails, the hedge fund industry remains approximately the same size now as it was back when we thought WordPress was a new type of laser printer and that blogs – like Pet Rocks and Cabbage Patch Kids before them – were another sign of the End of Times.

To celebrate this milestone, we thought we would highlight some popular posts in each topic area covered by AllAboutAlpha.com.  So throughout the summer, we’ll be pouring through the archives so you don’t have to.

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This week, we’ll start with one of our favorite topics at AAA – CAPM/Alpha Theory.

Real Estate Alpha
A lot of research has been conducted on real estate mutual funds.  But precious little has ever been conducted on the alpha produced by institutional funds that invest in commercial real estate – until now…

Crowds may not be so “wise” after all
A new book, an industry survey, and media reports have propelled the age-old topic of market efficiency into the spotlight this month.

Study hints that alpha may be finite (at least in the short term)
Is it a coincidence that hedge fund returns are exploding right after the biggest culling in the industry’s history? More…


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