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The Efficient Frontier Between Investing and Gambling
Jan 22, 2025

The Efficient Frontier Between Investing and Gambling

The upside to the degens

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Financial Markets Aren't Closed Systems
Jan 15, 2025

Financial Markets Aren't Closed Systems

The inefficiencies you worry about within the system get solved outside it

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Ignoring Cost of Capital Doesn't Make it Go Away
Jan 08, 2025

Ignoring Cost of Capital Doesn't Make it Go Away

A Low Cost of Capital is the Public Sector’s Secret Weapon; a Known Cost of Capital is the Private Sector’s

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Beware Incommensurable Life Advice
Dec 18, 2024

Beware Incommensurable Life Advice

Nobody Knows the True Mix of Luck, Talent, and Effort

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Against Decorative Statistics
Dec 11, 2024

Against Decorative Statistics

If You're Going to Back Decisions With Data, Use Real Data

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Passive Investing Paradoxes
Dec 04, 2024

Passive Investing Paradoxes

It All Depends on What You Mean by "The Market"

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Betting on and Against Feedback Loops
Nov 27, 2024

Betting on and Against Feedback Loops

What do you do When an Asset's Going up Makes the Asset go up?

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Loss Aversion
Nov 20, 2024

Loss Aversion

Does Losing Hurt More Than Winning Helps?

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Selection Effects
Nov 13, 2024

Selection Effects

If You're Looking at a Truly Random Sample, You're Either Lucky or Deluded

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Why Middlemen Don't Get Eliminated
Nov 06, 2024

Why Middlemen Don't Get Eliminated

Retailers, Distributors, and Platforms

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
What Companies Do Well is Not Necessarily How They Make Money
Oct 30, 2024

What Companies Do Well is Not Necessarily How They Make Money

Thoughts on business models that don't seem to make perfect sense

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Locking in Funding
Oct 23, 2024

Locking in Funding

On Mortgages, Margin Loans, Milestones, and Multi-Strats

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
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