Before the winners are selected from the many Pinnacle award categories, we got to wondering how RCM would choose the winners. Who would win in each of the categories and why? Well as it turns out, our new database just so happens to assign a ranking to each manager based on our own proprietary system – which makes the decision purely systematic!
Category: Education
13
Jun
2017
The Man behind the Sharpe Ratio
Hearing William Sharpe talk about his namesake ratio that now reigns as one of the most quoted risk-adjusted ratios feels a little weird – like meeting Gordon Moore of Moore’s Semiconductor Law or Pythagoras of triangle fame.
08
Jun
2017
Energy and Oil Quants – Who Are They?
How do these pros do it? What do they think of OPEC and quants and all the rest?
07
Jun
2017
INFOGRAPHIC: Honey, I Shrunk the VIX
There’s been a growing chorus lately suggesting that perhaps the record low VIX readings aren’t due to record low feelings about volatility, but instead due to the dramatic increase in VIX products and assets betting on decreases in volatility.
30
May
2017
Quants Run Wall St. Now?
We were sort of confused when we noticed the Wall Street Journal is doing an entire series on what they’re calling “the quants,” including the lead article
23
May
2017
Are Stocks as Consistent as they appear to be?
What people are more interested in when talking about consistency, in our experience, is not how many days were down over 1%, it’s what percent of the time an investment is positive versus negative.
16
May
2017
Michael Covel – Trend Following
We’re not sure if author Michael Covel has a tattoo across his back of a trend in a market like Sugar, but suffice to say the man loves him some trend following. We follow him on twitter @Covel and listen to his wonderful podcast from time to time – so when we saw the news that he had released a […]
01
May
2017
The Dummies Guide to Option Greeks
Just what does each of these terms mean in relation to futures options and what’s a typical futures option trade that should be paying particular attention to each?
30
Mar
2017
No one Knows How Big Managed Futures Is
Trying to decipher the assets under management for the Managed Futures industry is enough to give anyone a headache.
28
Mar
2017
Hedge Fund Best Practices
If you’re an advisor or manager, it might be worth your time to check out a new whitepaper out from CalALTs (formerly California Hedge Fund Association) titled, “Best Practices. Hedge Fund and Private Equity Operations” in conjunction with their AltsLA conference.
