Category Archives: finance

Historical hedge fund performance. Source: FT, 4 May 2015.

Cramer’s flamboyance and cockiness make him an easy target. Some maintain that it is simply impossible for any human to recommend as many stocks as he does (Barron’s, in 2007, put the number at 7,000 a year) and know what he is talking about. Barron’s conceded that Cramer’s advice was “generally smart, his knowledge ofContinue reading “Finally. 5 Dec 2014.”

Lunch with the FT: Matthieu Pigasse By Michael Stothard ‘I am very anti-bourgeois,’ the head of Lazard Frères in France tells Michael Stothard over sushi in Paris. James Ferguson’s illustration of Matthieu Pigasse©James Ferguson It’s a cold, wet day in Paris and I am waiting for Matthieu Pigasse at Kinugawa restaurant. The name means “angryContinue reading “Pigasse, not Pigalle. 24 Mai 2014.”