Suvivor Bias
Is an enormous issue, and one of the biggest NO-NOs if you are a quant.
If you are not familiar with survivor bias it is...
Is Whitney Tilson Running a Best Ideas Fund of Funds?
I like Whitney Tilson and the research he puts out. His housing work is some of the best and thorough research I have seen...
Taleb & Faber & Gomez & Hendry
Great Great Interview
http://2010.therussiaforum.com/news/session-video3/
Airplane Reading
Most of the way through The Quants and it is delicious reading. While a lot is review for someone who is well versed in...
Your Irrational Brain & What Happens When You Are Loss Averse
Lots of buzz about a new study involving the brain and losing $. We have been chatting about that on WB for a long...
Yield Curve Predictors of Foreign Exchange Returns
Yield Curve Predictors of Foreign Exchange Returns
I can't figure out why DB doesn't launch ETFs/ETNs on the other currency strategies they have (they did...
One5 Foundation Work in Haiti
Check out this really cool project my buddies company TShirtAds (I'm an investor) did for the One5 Foundation this weekend to support their efforts...
Quant Approach to TAA updated for 2009
Update: If you like World Beta, please consider nominating us for the Loeb Awards in blogging and book categories!
I few years ago I wrote...
Activist and Merger Arb Funds
I'm creating some more fund groups over on AlphaClone. Below are some old lists I had of activist and merger funds. Leave comments with...
