by admin | Aug 1, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
In this month’s TSG newsletter, I wrote a bit about the high jumper Dick Fosbury, who introduced an entirely different way to scale the bar. I vividly recall watching the meet on television in which this was first publicized. Many laughed (including the...
by admin | Jul 29, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
This photo of one of the legends of sports, not just basketball, was recently posted on FaceBook. I thought it worthy to use as the basis for a blog post.It made me think of two of my TSG colleagues who recently completed degrees part-time, which isn’t an easy...
by admin | Jul 28, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
When I teach our firm’s Fundamentals of Performance Measurement class, I begin by saying how performance measurement isn’t limited to investing. We encounter the opportunity to observe or participate in performances all the time. My friend, Herb Chain, is...
by admin | Jul 25, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I’m teaching a Fundamentals of Performance Measurement class in Sydney this week, and it struck me how much we can use from golf that applies to performance measurement. For example:Measuring performance: performance in golf is measured quantitatively (a...
by admin | Jul 23, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I was recently asked to do some analysis on a firm’s return calculation process; this request stemmed from the fact that they were getting different returns for the same period. I surprised them, I think, when I said that more than one return could be...
