Practical Contrarian Blog
Our feedback on current trends, predictions for the future and other insights that empower investors around the world.
How Do You Evaluate a Stock/Investment Portfolio?
As a boutique financial consulting firm that guides hedge funds, family offices and high-net worth individuals globally, we often receive questions around how to evaluate a stock/investment portfolio and this blog post touches on some of the key things we look...
What is the Volatility Index (VIX) and How Does it Affect the Stock Market?
As a boutique financial consulting firm that guides institutional investors around the world, we often receive questions around the Volatility Index (VIX) and how it affects the stock market and other markets around the world, which inspired this post. In a nutshell,...
What Does it Cost to Hire a Top Financial Consultant? Our Experience
Sometimes you need direction to see the light at the end of the tunnel whether it’s around investing in the stock market, real estate or anything else and all questions can’t be answered internally, which is why investors ranging from high-net-worth individuals and...
How Does the Federal Reserve Cutting Rates Affect Financial Institutions, Family Offices?
Recognized as the most powerful central bank in the world, The Federal Reserve or “Fed” with its governing of monetary policy deeply impacts the decisions of global financial institutions and other investors ranging from high-net-worth individuals to family offices,...
How Should Entrepreneurs Think About Investing After an Exit?
As a boutique financial consulting firm that guides hedge funds, family offices and high-net-worth individuals around the world, we often receive questions from entrepreneurs on how to manage a large influx of cash triggered by a liquidity event and since there is no...
Using Data/Science to Make Investment Decisions: How the Best Firms Performed
The greatest investors of our time including Jim Simons, Ray Dalio, Ken Griffin, Warren Buffet and others all share one common denominator: They follow their proprietary rule-based investment methodologies related to minimum standards, first principles of market...
I Sold My Startup Company, Had a Big Exit: What’s Next and How to Invest?
We are living in an interesting time where most startups don’t succeed though those that do, especially in the tech industry, produce big returns for the Founders – many of which aren’t used to having $1M in their pocket let alone $100M out of nowhere once an...
The Impact/Benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the Financial Industry: Our Insights
Even though AI is still a shiny object to many that may seem magical and Hollywood-esque, it has now become reality and is no longer a thing in movies. And because of that, financial institutions of all kinds ranging from hedge funds to family offices need to start thinking about AI today and perform a classic SWOT analysis to understand how such a trend is going to impact you and your clients over the next month, year, 5 years, etc.
Jim Simons: The Most Iconic, Successful Hedge Fund Manager/Mathematician
There aren’t many times in life when people truly stand out from the crowd and when we heard of Jim Simons passing it sparked our interest in highlighting his legacy while also learning from what made him so successful in the past to the point where he will live on forever.
What is the Best Real Estate Investment Strategy for a Family Office?
As investors with our own portfolios of undervalued single-family real estate rental properties, we remain laser-focused on the risks to our investment thesis in the real estate world and on helping our clients navigate their investment journeys which ties into a more analytical approach to family offices investing in real estate whether it be residential properties or commercial.