by admin | Jul 6, 2009 | GIPS, risk, Standard Deviation
At last count there are almost 120 comment letters on the GIPS website regarding the proposed changes to the standards (visit https://www.gipsstandards.org/news/releases/2009/view_comments.html). Some are as short as a paragraph or two, while others exceed 20 pages....
by admin | Jun 19, 2009 | GIPS, money-weighting, Standard Deviation, time-weighting
As often happens when I read, I stumble upon quotes which I will want to employ in my speaking and writing. Here are just a few from Michael Lewis’ Moneyball, along with commentary:- The meetings, from their point of view, are all about minimizing risk (p. 27):...
by admin | Jun 11, 2009 | money-weighting, Returns, risk, Standard Deviation, time-weighting
Continuing our discussion of Michael Lewis’ Moneyball, I think there’s a HUGE parallel between baseball statistics and what we do in investment performance measurement. Both deal with measuring performance: the performance of baseball players / the...
