by admin | Mar 12, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
The Wall Street Journal reported today that a very detailed and costly to produce (> $30 million) report on Lehman has just been published. Is this a “must read”? Perhaps not, especially given its length (2,200 pages, with the table of contents 45 pages...
by admin | Mar 9, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
We’re pleased to announce that more than 1,000 “unique visitors” have visited this blog! May not sound like a lot, when we consider some sites that have tens of thousands of visitors, but our industry isn’t that big, so to get more than...
by admin | Mar 3, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
She’s done it again! I enjoy reading Susan Weiner’s blog because (a) I like to write and (b) she introduces some neat ideas. In yesterday’s post she introduces us to a way to shorten our URLs, through a service called TinyURL.com. I just tried it and...
by admin | Feb 28, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Today’s Sunday (London) Times identifies two books which should probably be on your to-buy list: Harry Markopolos, who tried more than anyone to get the SEC to see what was really behind Bernard Madoff’s “success” has penned No One Would...
by admin | Feb 1, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I just learned that the number of registrants for this year’s Performance Measurement, Attribution & Risk Conference (PMAR) is double what it was a year ago! Obviously, that’s fantastic news. We are hoping to set a new record attendance for this very...
by admin | Jan 28, 2010 | Investment Performance Guy, News
It is my profound belief that many folks use words they don’t even know the meaning of (I’ve been guilty of this, too). People have an inherent fear of admitting ignorance, so rather than say “what is meant by that term” and appearing (in their...
