by admin | Jul 24, 2009 | GIPS, risk, Standard Deviation
Standard deviation is a commonly used statistic, well known by many long before they enter the world of performance measurement, which serves multiple purposes and thus engenders confusion.The GIPS 2010 draft proposed a requirement that a 36-month annualized standard...
by admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Dietz, M-squared, Modigliani, risk, risk-adjusted return, time-weighting
While I doubt that they were aware of it, when Franco and Leah Modigliani developed their risk-adjusted return measure, M-squared, they were extending an idea first promulgated by Peter Dietz in his 1966 thesis, from which we obtained the notion of time-weighting and...
by admin | Jul 22, 2009 | IRR, money-weighting
Our friend, Stefan Illmer of Credit Suisse, has launched a new group on Linkedin: Friends of MWR & IRR, and John Simpson and I are two of its early members. We are very pleased that Stefan has done this, as it’s another way to provide increased attention to...
by admin | Jul 20, 2009 | GIPS
I can’t allow the almost history making weekend in Turnberry, Scotland go by without trying to tie it to investment performance. Well, how’s this?Tom Watson once accused fellow golfer Gary Player of cheating. This was during the first...
by admin | Jul 17, 2009 | risk
Last night I had the privilege to participate in a panel discussion, organized by Rutgers University Professor Jim Bicksler, at the Dow Jones facility in Princeton, NJ, titled “Investment Principles Revisited.” You’re no doubt not surprised that the...
