by admin | Apr 13, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
On Monday, April 23rd at 11:00 am (EST), Jed Schneider, CIPM, FRM will discuss highlights from TSG’s recent performance attribution survey. Jed will present findings, and compare the results with previous years’ surveys. You will have the opportunity to...
by admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Almost 30 years ago, when my wife and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary, we marked the occasion with special gifts for one another (she gave me a gold watch, which I still use (I’d better!)). For our 25th, we went to Disney World (her choice) and our...
by admin | Apr 10, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had an interview with Nobel Prize winner and author Daniel Kahneman, regarding his new book, Thinking Fast and Slow (“So Much for Snap Decisions,” by Diane Cole). I am still making my way through the book, and continue...
by admin | Apr 3, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
In the March 27, 2012 issue of the WSJ, Dan Fitzpatrick and Victoria McGrane discussed how large banks who released “stress test” results are being questioned by the Federal Reserve on the approaches they took to derive their results (“Banks Stress...
by admin | Mar 30, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
This week, my friend and colleague, John D. Simpson, CIPM spoke at First Rate’s annual user conference. As I understand it, this event had a record attendance. And while I’d like to think that it’s because John was there, I know there was much more...
