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    April 22, 2020 - Nearly 2,000 years ago, the ancient Roman writer Pliny the Elder first wrote that ostriches, when threatened, would bury their heads in the sand in an ill-advised attempt to hide from potential predators. (more…)

    April 15, 2020—Billionaire Investor Warren Buffett once stated, “Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach a man to arbitrage and you will feed him forever.” Notably, Warren Buffett earned a 53% rate of return from his merger arbitrage…

    March 26, 2020 - In mid-January 2020, I put out a piece titled, “With Markets At Record High Valuations, This One Investment Strategy Can Help Diversify Your Portfolio” with the goal of flagging record-high equity valuations and making the case for allocating to…

    March 17, 2020 - “The financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. (more…)

  February 26, 2020 - In 1956, Warren Buffett started his hedge fund, the Buffett Partnership, after apprenticing under the tutelage of legendary value investor Ben Graham for a handful of years. (more…)

  February 13, 2020 -The benefit of relentless competition in popular human endeavours is the progression and constant improvement within the activity. (more…)

  February 6, 2020 - For hundreds or perhaps even thousands of years, humans have been enamoured with betting. (more…)

  January 16, 2020 - Global equities have had an excellent run over the past decade, returning about 10% annually. (more…)

  January 7, 2020 - Some say that conducting merger arbitrage operations is akin to “picking up pennies in front of a steam roller.” (more…)

December 31, 2019 - Accelerate was founded in 2018 with the mission of democratizing alternative investments. (more…)