by admin | Feb 20, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
My high school English teachers could give testimony to my general dislike for the subject. I actually believed that as someone who had a natural affection for mathematics, it was expected that I would detest and far from excel in English, grammar, etc....
by admin | Feb 17, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
A Facebook friend of mine responded to the following mathematical puzzle:To learn that you have to be a genius to solve it can cause some anxiety. But in reality, it’s quite simple, though most of those who tried got it wrong. Most people, I fear, are...
by admin | Feb 14, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Tricia Nelson Bailey, of Waddell & Reed, and I will conduct a webinar later this month (February 26, @ 11 AM EST) on nested attribution.What we mean by nested attribution is the case where the attribution is done down to additional levels. Typically, we see two...
by admin | Feb 13, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I am listening to Dale Carneige’s How to Win Friends & Influence People, a book I read about 15 years ago, and wish I had read 40 years ago. In it, he references this little poem, which I think all parents can benefit from. I wish I had heard it 40...
by admin | Feb 12, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I purchased Nate Silver’s The signal and the noise a few months ago, and it’s been patiently waiting for me to crack its cover. Well, I finally did, and I am very much enjoying it, as I suspected I would (it was reviewed last year in the WSJ).I will no...
by admin | Feb 8, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
One of our verification clients has the following situation, which I think is interesting. They have a client who has their money invested in three classes: equities, bonds, and real estate. Because the firm wishes to utilize carve-outs, they’ve constructed...
