From an economic perspective, insurance is useful to protect against low frequency, high severity events. Quite simply, we are well served to insure infrequent events that would be financially devastating like the loss of a home to fire or an untimely death. This ultimately begs the question of why people purchase insurance to protect against [...]
Everyday investors tend to speculate on stocks based on the often ill-conceived notion that they have unique information or better information than the rest of the investment world. This perception of ‘asymmetric information’ is often the polar opposite of reality. In fact, institutional investors have an enormous information advantage over retail investors – one that [...]
Players in a college or high school basketball game are limited to 4 fouls and disqualified from competition upon receiving 5 fouls. This limitation is intended to discourage players from consistently fouling to maintain the pace of play. In basketball, there are good fouls and bad fouls. A good foul could be the result of commendable [...]
