by Jason Apollo Voss | 12 09 2013 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Note: This post has been amended (see the end) to include information requested by an overwhelming number of the readers. Thanks for your interest! I am frequently asked, “What can I do to improve my chances of getting hired as a research analyst?” Beyond...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 07 2013 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Maureen O’Hara, professor of finance at Cornell University, and member of the Systemic Risk Council has a warning to traditional investment managers, i.e., low frequency traders (LFT): High-frequency trading (HFT) is now the norm, and it is not going away. Continuing...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 25 06 2013 | Best of the Blog, Blog
As the US Federal Reserve lays the verbal groundwork for an eventual real-world quantitative easing (QE) taper, bond prices are dropping at an accelerated rate. In order to understand the ramifications of a Federal Reserve taper on the prices of a bond or bond...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 12 06 2013 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Our intial discussion with C. Thomas Howard about his “Behavioral Portfolio Management” has done so well we thought you would like to read more of the discussion about how to deploy behavioral finance practically. Particularly germane to implementing...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 04 06 2013 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Seeking to bridge the divide between modern portfolio theory and behavioral finance, is C. Thomas Howard’s “Behavioral Portfolio Management.” Howard is professor emeritus at Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, and co-founder of...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 15 05 2013 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Often financial analysts are presented with statistical charts that purport to demonstrate an important — and, of course, investable — relationship between data points. These charts are supposed to be worth a thousand words and thousands of shares traded. But...
