Stock Strategies
Arbitrage Opportunities in the Public Market
In my previous post on the Allied-Ares merger arbitrage opportunity, I introduced a topic which I realized I’ve never quite talked about here on The Curious Investor. As I intend this blog for both beginning investors and seasoned investors alike, here’s a run down on the concept of merger arbitrage.
What is arbitrage?
Rigorously speaking, arbitrage [...]
A Retail Investing Framework
Generally speaking, I see myself as a value investor. Why then, would am I so often looking towards retailers and generally consumer facing businesses for my best investment ideas (see: A Retail Reversal and Irrational Retail Valuations)? After all, many of the best retail stocks are those that rely on growth to provide shareholder return. [...]
read more »Fundamental analysis for traders?
Having written about technical analysis for fundamental investors, it seems only fair that I pay credence to how a trader can user fundamental analysis. Unfortunately, I’m not sure it’s quite as instructive to use fundamental analysis for trading. The principles of valuation and balance sheet analysis do not lend themselves naturally to trading. The goal [...]
read more »Contrarian Ripple Trading, My Take
In my last post reviewing Contrarian Ripple Trading, I mentioned that I would attempt to contribute my own take on a so-called contrarian ripple trading strategy which might act as an addendum or clarification on the views presented in the book. I don’t want to give away the authors’ entire strategy so I’m only going [...]
read more »Trading versus Investing
After my recent post examining the response to event risk (and when it manifests itself) depending on perspective as a trader or as an investor, I realized that it might be a good idea to throw my two cents in on the difference between trading and investing. It would seem that this is a pretty [...]
read more »Socially Responsible Investing
Was yesterday’s post on investing in your vices a little disheartening? Does the “angel” investor inside you wish you could only invest in cute and cuddly companies which breed unicorns and consume green house gases. Luckily, I think we all know that there’s more than one way to make money in the markets. Yes, vice [...]
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