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The recent equity market shenanigans has confirmed one of my biases: modern academic finance has been very good at destroying capital. If one were of a conspiratorial bent, one might guess that finance faculties were being secretly backed by the enemies of capitalism. (I have been currently watching a documentary series on secret societies, and such misdirection is not unprecedented.) The simultaneous advocacy of efficient markets as well as the ability of hedge funds to continuously outperform created the backdrop for short squeezes that even gamers can participate in.…Bond EconomicsAcademic Finance Destroys Yet More CapitalBrian Romanchuk
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The recent equity market shenanigans has confirmed one of my biases: modern academic finance has been very good at destroying capital. If one were of a conspiratorial bent, one might guess that finance faculties were being secretly backed by the enemies of capitalism. (I have been currently watching a documentary series on secret societies, and such misdirection is not unprecedented.) The simultaneous advocacy of efficient markets as well as the ability of hedge funds to continuously outperform created the backdrop for short squeezes that even gamers can participate in.…
The recent equity market shenanigans has confirmed one of my biases: modern academic finance has been very good at destroying capital. If one were of a conspiratorial bent, one might guess that finance faculties were being secretly backed by the enemies of capitalism. (I have been currently watching a documentary series on secret societies, and such misdirection is not unprecedented.) The simultaneous advocacy of efficient markets as well as the ability of hedge funds to continuously outperform created the backdrop for short squeezes that even gamers can participate in.…Bond EconomicsAcademic Finance Destroys Yet More CapitalBrian Romanchuk
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