Two Heine & Price Disciples
This is pretty cool news. This fellow Marcus (along with Klarman) honed their skills under Heine and Price.
Mr. Marcus's new firm, Evermore Global Advisors,...
Quant Models For Box Office Movie Returns
If you have one, now you have your exchange.
Maybe Ryan Kavanaugh should start a hedge fund?
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...