Thanks for the response. Just a quick follow up. Do all CTA's investors need to be accredited? (200K single, 300K married couple income, 1...
This is one of the most informed threads I have seen in a while. I have a question for those of you out there running money. All else being...
Actually, Swenson ranks in the 99th percentile of institutional investors. The returns made by the Yale endowment over the past 20 years have...
Hmmm.. Price is an accounting/auditing firm?!?! Its as far from entrepreneurial as one can possibly get. They don't do M&A, except in...
Things may be a bit different in Canada or the UK than they are here in the states. In any case, why not start off in the right place rather...
Maybe I am missing something critical here, but what difference does it make? If I borrow from the prop firms, it is a capital charge. It I...
Maverick74 quoted about .50 basis points over the current broker call rate, currently 6.00%. Fed funds is at 4.5%, so we are talking around in...
I'll have to echo what others have said. Stay the heck away from Operations. The back office has a taint on it that is difficult/near impossible...
Where did you go to business school? After attending a top program and being heavily involved in MBA recruiting I know a little bit about the...
This is completely 100% untrue. I went to a top 20 B-school and many of my classmates were ex-military, non-profit, teachers, etc. and ended up...
Ideally, I am looking for the two (the actual historical data and the software) combined in one easy to use package. Was wondering if this is...
I was wondering what brokers and/or software packages are best to backtest strategies based on fundamentals. Specifically, I taking about...
Prior to business school, I worked in investment management in a bunch of dead-end portfolio accounting and operations jobs. No way to make it to...
I have my 65, CFA Level II, and an MBA in Finance. I have thought about taking this route... I am assuming you are referring to independent...
I didn't hear it anywhere, I lived it. My perspective is from Investment Banking, and not the Sales and Trading side. That being said, what I've...
Pimpin ain't EZ but its necessary... Chasing bitches like Tom chasing Jerry
Fidelity Magellan is an example of a extremely large fund with POOR performance. Hence, an example of bigger not necessarily being better....
I am always amused by this logic. Of course you don't need an MBA to do the job, but you often times do need the pedigree to get the job....
An emerging manager is searching for a VERY special type of client: smart enough to recognize the benefits of investing with CTAs / hedgefunds /...
Has anyone had experience doing this? What brokers do you recommend? Do the returns need to be audited by a independent CPA firm? It it...
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