by admin | Nov 8, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
TSG will hold its second annual webinar conference next week, and the subject is RISK! Each day there will be a different topic and speaker. Details can be found on our website. This conference format (one topic/speaker per day for five days) provides a cost effective...
by admin | Nov 5, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I have a confession to make: I used to be 6′ 1/2″ tall (I liked the 1/2″, because it put me ABOVE 6′). My father was 6’6″, my older brother roughly the same, and my younger brother is, I think, around 6’2″. My two sons...
by admin | Nov 1, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
Hurricane Sandy left many of us without power; fortunately, our office has electricity. And so, we invited our employees to bring their spouses and/or children with them, to have a chance to warm up, relax, and even have a hot shower. Most took advantage of the offer,...
by admin | Oct 31, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
A year ago Monday, the Northeast part of the United States was greeted with a horrendous storm, which included a lot of snow and damaging wind. My wife and I that day went to a civil union ceremony, a trip that should have taken about an hour; instead, it took four....
by admin | Oct 26, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
One of our clients introduced me to alternative ways to calculate two commonly used risk-adjusted return measures: information ratio and Sharpe ratio. Their immediate derivation is from Zephyr, and I am attempting to identify their origin. I confirmed that...
by admin | Oct 23, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I have read through the new GIPS(R) (Global Investment Performance Standards) Alternative Investments Guidance Statement a few times, and frequently make what I think are interesting discoveries. Here’s just one:I have highlighted the part I find of...