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I know I'm a little late. Perhaps you're still nursing a love hangover from last week, but just in case you still feel like spreading a little tenderness and affection throughout the fund management industry, I've created some handy dandy cut out ...
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Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
(c) 2019 MJ Alts I have to say, Facebook is getting disturbingly good at targeting ads. Lately my timeline has been populated by comfort items – cozy PJs, custom pillows that ‘guarantee’ a good night’s sleep, shoes without three-inch heels and even ...
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(c) MJ Alts As I was driving past the park near my house recently, I noticed that there were a bunch of black-clad individuals in the open area all wielding foam swords, seemingly intent on beating the snot out of one another during a Live Action ...
Jan 15, 2019
Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
A new holiday fad for fund managers of all ages and denominations! LP On A Shelf (or ELP on a Shelf, as I call him) knows when you've been spending too much time at conferences, when you're creating pitch books that are too long, or when you're not ...
Dec 18, 2018
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Many of the fund managers I speak to remain conflicted about how best to position their diverse asset management firm. While I don’t have all the answers, perhaps I can help shed a little light on the topic for folks. Read this while you’re thinking ...
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Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
Have you been thinking about joining Twitter to expand your investor and investment professional network? Have you been lamenting your lack of Financial Twitter (“FinTwit”) savvy? Are you hoping to take a break from reading incendiary political ...
Nov 06, 2018
Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
This past Saturday was not unlike most of my recent Saturdays. I woke up around 7:30, fed my seemingly perpetually starving Siamese cats, and contemplated the end of what was yet another *fabulous* infrastructure week here in the good ole U.S. of A, ...
Oct 02, 2018
Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
Last night, I flew home from San Fran on the redeye after attending not one, but two, conferences in San Fran. Normally, I’m a champion sleeper on planes (as any of you who have ever seen me pre-pushback, comatose, mouth agape, and a tiny glistening ...
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In January of this year, I was asked to speak at the 2018 TEDx UIUC event "Roots." The theme of the event was pretty straightforward - "The beginning of all things are small" (Cicero). The organizers asked me to talk about both my professional ...
Sep 04, 2018
Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
I miss Entourage. To this day, I’m not sure there was much better than watching Ari Gold lose his collective crappola and yell hysterical insults at people. Listening to Ari’s invective was like giving my id a voice. Sure, it was obscene, profane and ...
Aug 21, 2018
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It’s August. It’s slow. It’s what the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy might have referred to as the “long dark teatime of the soul” when it comes to investment industry activity. The conference circuit is dead. Everyone is on vacation. There are ...
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Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
During this holiday week, declare your independence from investment industry stress and worries. Let your cares float away as you enjoy this guided meditation designed for busy investment professionals. Namast-CFA. (C) 2018 MJ Alternative Investment ...
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Jun 05, 2018
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(c) Animal House 1978 Thank You Sir May I Have Another?!? The first time I ever saw Kevin Bacon in a movie was the infamous and hilarious flick “Animal House.” Although he didn’t yet have the appeal of, oh say, Ren McCormick (me-ow!), he did make an ...
May 15, 2018
Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
I’d like to think I’m not big into snap judgements, but a recent trip to the left coast in super-glamorous coach showed me that I’m completely full of it on that front. As I sat in my window seat waiting for my fellow fliers to board, I quickly sized ...
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(c) 2009 DreamWorks "Up In The Air" Last week, I almost peed in my hotel room closet. Yeah, you read that right. It was the middle of the night. I’d been in different hotels (interspersed with brief sojourns at home) for part of every week since the ...
Apr 17, 2018
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You know what I miss? David Letterman’s old Top Ten Lists. Hands down, those were my favorite part of late night TV. I know that others have stepped in to try to fill the void. Bill Maher has his “New Rules” and Jimmy Kimmel has the often- ...
Mar 20, 2018
Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
Source: JP Morgan Prime Finance It’s true that I grew up in the deepest South, but I’ve never been a country music fan. Sure, I loved the Oak Ridge Boys tune “Elvira” when I was 11 years old, but who can resist a song with such catchy lyrics as ...
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As someone who was born, raised, and has spent the majority of my life in the South, one of the things I’m required to love, besides SEC football, is Redneck Humor. From Trae Crowder, Corey Ryan Forrester, Roy Wood Jr., and Drew Morgan today to Ron ...
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Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
It seems as if everyone has been pretty focused on Tweets, hashtags, and the general dumbing down and coarsening of communication of late. So I thought this week I'd inject a little culture into my investment blog. What if investors and fund managers ...
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(c) 2009 Paramount Pictures It seems like only yesterday that I started my career in alternative investing. Actually, it was nearly 20 years ago, a fact that hit home as I sat this weekend facing a birthday cake that was more inferno than ...
Oct 17, 2017
Meredith Jones, MJ Alternative Investment Research
(c) Saturday Night Live I happened to catch a re-run of Saturday Night Live the other day, and it just happened to be an episode with Sean Connery losing big (winning big?) at Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek. After I got done having my beverage shoot out ...
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