Filipe R Costa

Are Hedge Funds “Bond-Like” Investments?

In 2008 Warren Buffet made a big bet against hedge funds. He claimed that an investor would be better off…

Bond Mini Crash Uncovers Rising Risks

In my blog Don’t Fight The Fed, Fight The ECB, published last week, I said that investors face an epic…

Follow Bernanke, Not Me

An Opinion Worth Millions Whoever thought Ben Bernanke’s golden age was terminated on 1st February, 2014, with the end of…

UK General Election: Whoever Wins, Britain Loses

The Election Day Is Nearing… Five years have passed since the last General Election and the UK is preparing for…

Don’t Fight the Fed, Fight the ECB

While central bankers look tranquil and trustworthy on their television appearances, giving investors reassurances that a brighter future is just…

Ben Bernanke and the Taylor Rule

The problem with central banks is that they initially wanted to be independent from us but now they want us…

Get Ready for an Emerging Markets Crisis

Featured in this month’s Master Investor Magazine. Planting the Seeds The financial crisis of 2007-2009 is often seen as one…

Fund Manager in Focus – Leda Braga

Featured in this month's Master Investor Magazine. On 22nd February, Patricia Arquette came to the stage of the Dolby Theatre…

From Naked Arbitrage To Emerging Markets Crisis

One of the most important concepts in modern finance - and one that I always insist my students master -…

Towards A New Monetary System

While the US Federal Reserve and the ECB have been busily adopting counter-cyclical measures aimed at stabilising economic growth and…