Catch up on what we’re checking out this week.

 

• Despite announcing that Ivy League universities beat returns of the typical 60-40 portfolio over the last decade. Taking a closer look, even the top performing universities still reported lower returns.
  Ivy League Endowments Lag 60-40 Portfolio (Chief Investment Officer)
  • But we don’t need hedge funds to make someone rich, we need them to stay rich. Hedge Fund Investors Great Reset (Attain Alternatives Blog)

 

• Blair Hull folds Ketchum trading.
  Another Big Chicago Trading Name Exits (Crain’s Chicago Business)

 

• Investors struggle to pivot from calm, rising markets to a period of lurches in asset prices.
  Market Volatility Leads to Fresh Focus on Machinery Beneath Trading (The Wall Street Journal)
  • Really? Or is this just normal…? Wild Trading is Straining the Plumbing? (Attain Alternatives Blog)

 

• The Emotional Quant Curve
  
  (Alvarez Quant Trading)

 

• The volatility of volatility is falling.
  Battered and Bruised, Wall Street Makes Peace with Volatility (Bloomberg)