Navigating Through Market Turbulences: A Quantitative View

I went last night to Kellogg’s Visiting Professor Series (despite my lack of a Kellogg degree). The official topic: Navigating Through Current Market Turbulences: A Quantitative View. Some notes: =-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-= Professor Kent Daniel is the John L. and Helen Kellogg Professor of Finance. Prior to joining Kellogg, Professor Daniel taught at the University of Chicago...

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Profile of Albourne Village, an alternative investment community

I recently had a conversation with Sam Lewis and Ashton Mayne of the Albourne Village, an ‘alternative investment community’. We are adding this profile of the Albourne Village to our Social Software Site Guide (on the website for my forthcoming book). A similar, but much more exclusive, site that I profiled a while ago is...

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The Long and Short of Hedge Funds

(following are my notes on a hedge fund seminar I attended this morning)The Long and Short of Hedge Funds Breakfast Seminar, presented by The Deal Tuesday, October 5, 2004 VENUE The Yale Club of New York 50 Vanderbilt Avenue New York, NY 10017 Thedeal recently closed partnership with hedgeworld because of increasing importance of this...

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