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The (Uncertain) Payoff from Alternative Investments: Many a slip between the cup and the lip?

Musings on Markets

On the debt front, the public debt and bank debt market is supplemented by private credit , where investors pool funds to lend to private businesses, with negotiated rates and terms. In theory, these appraisers are supposed to mark-to-market, but in practice, the pricing that they attach to private assets lag market changes.

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A Return to Teaching: The Spring 2023 Edition

Musings on Markets

If your query is why I would continue to teach rather than seek out more lucrative careers in investing or banking, my answer is a simple one. It is ironic, and perhaps telling, that our understanding of statistics seems to have hit rock bottom in the age of big data.