How Do Performance Metrics Correlate? Might Fund Managers Cherry-Pick?
Portfolio managers report their risk-adjusted performance using Sharpe, Treynor, information, and Sortino…
The Benefits of Using Economically Meaningful Factors in Financial Data Science
Factor selection is among our most important considerations when building financial models.…
Rethinking Corporate FX Hedging: Seeing the Forest through the Trees
“It often happens that a player carries out a deep and complicated…
Book Review: The Economics of the Stock Market
The Economics of the Stock Market. 2022. Andrew Smithers. Oxford University Press.…
Project Finance: Beware Interest Rate Miscalculations
Interest rates are like the weather. We can prepare for typical fluctuations,…
Do Better ESG Ratings Boost Bond Holders?
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings should reflect the risks that such…
“Build, Partner and Buy”: AI and the New M&A Model
Amid the current artificial intelligence (AI) hype cycle, companies are jockeying for…
Myron Scholes on Black–Scholes, Decarbonization, AI, and Parenting
Through his examinations of how uncertainty influences asset prices, Nobel laureate Myron…
The Trouble with Forecasting Home Prices
Introduction Mortgage rates have doubled and tripled in some countries since 2021.…
Climate Change, Risk Management, and the Freedom to Invest Responsibly
Risk management is so simple a concept and so central to financial…
