I was intrigued by an interview that appeared in last weekend's Financial Times: "Madoff spins his story." This is the longest interview to date of the formerly well respected investor, until his record-setting Ponzi scheme was revealed.It's definitely worth a read,...
Performance Perspectives Blog
Thoughts on performance measurement from David Spaulding and other members of our team.
Madoff on risk
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Why performance measurement?
Please allow me to share something personal with you. I am often asked why I chose to work in investment performance measurement, and I must confess that it was anything but a grand plan. I am reading Michael Gerber's E Myth Mastery, and came across the following,...
CIPM Test Prep Q & A with John D. Simpson, CIPM
CIPM Test Prep Q & A with John D. Simpson, CIPMJoin us for a Webinar on April 12Space is limited.Reserve your Webinar seat now at:https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/769471026Join us on April 12, 2011 as John D. Simpson, CIPM tackles your last minute questions as...
An animated approach to software searches
We get to listen in on a discussion as to how one might pursue performance measurement software.
An animated approach to understanding ex post and ex ante risk
The Handbook of Investment Performance arrives this week!
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 great deal of new...
An animated explanation on the differences between time- and money-weighting
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 hope you find this...
Predict with caution; heed with even more
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 The Black...
A bit of history on the NYSE
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 and...
Investment advice from the movies
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 you'll like...