A Translation Guide to Asset Manager-Speak

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by dealmaker, Feb 14, 2020.

  1. dealmaker

    dealmaker

    A Translation Guide to Asset Manager-Speak

    • Now is a good entry point = Sorry, we are in a drawdown
    • We have a high Sharpe ratio = We don’t make much money
    • We have never lost money = We have never made money
    • We have a great backtest = We are going to lose money after we take your money
    • We have a proprietary sourcing approach = We invest in whatever our hedge fund friends do
    • We are not in crowded positions = We missed all the best-performing stocks
    • We are not correlated = We are underperforming while the market keeps going up
    • We invest in unique uncorrelated assets = We have an illiquid portfolio which can’t be valued and will suspend soon
    • We are soft-closing the fund = We want to raise as much money as we can right now
    • We are hard-closing the fund = We are definitely open for you
    • We are not responsible for the bad track record at our prior firm = We lost money but are blaming all our ex-colleagues
    • We have a bottom-up approach = We have no idea what markets are going to do
    • We have a top-down process = We think we know what markets will do but really who does?
    • The markets had a temporary mark-to-market loss = Our fundamental analysis was wrong and we don’t know why we lost money
    • We don’t believe in stop-loss limits = We have no risk management
     
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  2. Pitterst

    Pitterst

    Thanks for this information! I appreciate it! I`d also ask if you can recommend some good app or service for documents translation
     
  3. xandman

    xandman

    • We provide superior returns - When this strategy goes South, we will as well.