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

Musings on Markets

These ignored investment classes are what fall under the rubric of alternative investments, and while many of these choices have been with us for as long as we have had financial markets, they were accessible to only a small subset of investors for much of that period.

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The School Bell Rings: Time for Class!

Musings on Markets

I started in the MBA program at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1979, at the tail-end of its basketball glory days, fully expecting to move on to a career in consulting or investment banking, when I was done.

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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. firms in emerging markets or private businesses. It is ironic, and perhaps telling, that our understanding of statistics seems to have hit rock bottom in the age of big data.