“You could play this at the country level ... that simple strategy has been found to earn returns over a long time horizon.”
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Alex Edmans
The Rational Reminder Podcast ·
Medicine and Science from The BMJ · Forever chemicals, cosmetic fillers, and LGBTQ+ data
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explained the biological half-life of PFAS in humans and how long it takes to return to background levels
2-3 years half-life, ~10 years to approach background
“You could play this at the country level ... that simple strategy has been found to earn returns over a long time horizon.”
“He explained… that your asset allocation accounts for 90% of your investment success returns”
“Absolute return investing, on the other hand, it's not just a long only fund. I can go long. I can go short. I can put on relative value trades. I can use synthetics like credit default swaps.”
“Most of the population were over 20 nanograms per mil, which is the measure that's used in serum. And the typical background levels are about one or two nanograms per mil.”
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