“A stunning implication…”

“A stunning implication…”

The words in this post’s title appear in Nobel Laureate in Economics Leon Lederman’s The God Particle. I can’t say exactly why, but when I read it those words struck me.A stunning implication.I once read that good writers write one word at a time; I...

Baseball and material errors

It is rare that people keep track of errors, but baseball, with its love of statistics, does just that: goof during a game and it will usually get recorded. In last night’s Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox game, we were treated to three errors, two by the same...
Timing & GIPS Compliance

Timing & GIPS Compliance

There are probably few documents that say as much about timing as the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS(r)). But our focus is more limited, and won’t address everything that appears.One of the most important questions is when should a manager...

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