by David Spaulding | Feb 1, 2017 | performance measurement, GIPS, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, performance attribution, rate of return, rates of return, Returns, risk, risk measurement
Hidden Figures: the movie My wife and I recently saw the movie “Hidden Figures,” which is about the contributions that three black women made to the U.S. space program, starting in the early 1960s. It takes place in Virginia, which at that time was...
by David Spaulding | Jan 23, 2017 | performance attribution, Investment Performance Guy
The need to acknowledge the existence of errors in performance attribution I found the above graphic today on Facebook, from the “I Love Mathematics” group. If you haven’t figured it out, yet, I love mathematics. It occurred to me that a similar...
by David Spaulding | Jan 18, 2017 | GIPS, GIPS verification, Global Investment Performance Standards, Investment Performance Guy, verification
The Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS(R)) are, to a large extent, quite flexible. For this post, I’ll address one particular aspect: compliance. It’s voluntary. You don’t have to “pass a test” to claim compliance: just...
by David Spaulding | Dec 5, 2016 | excess returns, Investment Performance Guy
You no doubt have run into cases where returns don’t seem to make sense. Well, the same thing can occur with excess returns. What’s wrong with this table; specifically, the excess return? Last week I was contacted by one of our GIPS verification...
by David Spaulding | Nov 22, 2016 | performance measurement
The idea of combining risk and returns isn’t new, but it’s definitely picking up some speed. Of late, I’ve spoken at a couple events on this subject, it’s been a frequent topic of TSG’s Performance Measurement Forum and Performance...
