by admin | Feb 1, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
You may be old enough to recall the TV show, Hill Street Blues, where the sergeant would, at the start of each shift, tell the police officers to “be careful out there.” Well, we need it said to us, too!I got an email this week with the...
by admin | Jan 31, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
The concept of “spinning” is often associated with politics and the news: that is, how one spins a story, so as to alter its appearance or focus. Spinning thus is often seen in a negative light, as it may appear to be a trick to present something...
by admin | Jan 30, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I had a discussion this week with a firm that is thinking of bringing someone on. That person meets two of the three criteria for GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) portability:Substantially all the decision makers are coming alongWill...
by admin | Jan 25, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I recently interviewed Phil Page of Cardano for The Journal of Performance Measurement(r), regarding the all-too-common situation that many (most?) pension funds, both private and public, are facing: underfunding. Phil identified three possible solutions:1) increase...
by admin | Jan 24, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I recently finished Michael J. Mauboussin’s newest book, The Success Factor: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing, and strongly recommend it. He raises a great deal of interesting points, and I hope to interview him for The Journal of...
by admin | Jan 22, 2013 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman, and his long-time colleague, Amos Tversky (who would have been awarded the Nobel Prize, too, but sadly was deceased at the time the prize was awarded), wrote an article for the Psychological Bulletin in 1971 titled “Belief in...
