by admin | Mar 3, 2011 | Investment Performance Guy, News
We are so excited: my fourth book, The Handbook of Investment Performance, 2nd edition, arrives this week! And, we’ve already had around 100 orders.It’s great to be able to have a “do over,” and that is what this is. I was able to incorporate a...
by admin | Feb 28, 2011 | Investment Performance Guy, News
It’s Animation Monday, and today we have a brief explanation as to the key differences between time- and money-weighting. It’s funny that these differences aren’t understood by even the most senior of PMPs (performance measurement professionals). I...
by admin | Feb 24, 2011 | Investment Performance Guy, News
One of the books I was assigned in my doctoral program is William H. Starbuck’s The Production of Knowledge, which I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend. It can be viewed as a softer criticism of the idea of predicting the future than Nassim Taleb’s...
by admin | Feb 10, 2011 | Investment Performance Guy, News
When I was an undergrad there were only two subjects I considering majoring in: history and mathematics; I chose the latter, but have continued to enjoy the former. In today’s Wall Street Journal, Jason Zweig begins with a reference to the possible NYSE Euronext...
by admin | Jan 28, 2011 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I thank Todd Brunskill from First Rate for bringing this paper to my attention via Linkedin: some interesting quotes with commentary by CFA Institute’s Director, Investor Education, Thomas Collimore. It’s clever, humorous, memorable and insightful. I think...
by admin | Jan 27, 2011 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Is my title strong enough? Perhaps not, but it’s all I have right now. It is in response to an online article I stumbled upon that strongly encourages investors to ask for, believe it or not, time-weighted returns! The article, by Doug May and titled “Five...
