SCOTT WHALEN WINS PRIVATE EQUITY AWARD New York, NY, August 1, 2016 – Investment Times Daily is pleased to announce it has named Scott Whalen of PPMG as Private Equity Principal of the Year for 2016. Scott Whalen was chosen from an impressive group of candidates and ITD believes his accomplishments during the past year, combined with its steadfast commitment … More Private Equity Principal of the Year: PPMG’s Scott Whalen

Why don’t teachers make as much as entertainers? Why don’t garbage collectors make as much as CEOs or financiers? Examples like this seem to show markets are unjust: any system that pays X more than Y (when Y seems to produce more real value) can’t be one with good priorities.

Editor’s Note: Earlier this week, the New York Times published an article detailing a sexual harassment suit filed against Bridgewater Associates, which runs the world’s largest hedge fund. The suit was eventually pulled, but government authorities are looking into the claims anyway.

Do you think the bull market has room to run? Or is it ready to get ripped apart by a bear? Here’s a better question… Does it matter? I don’t think so. Here’s why…

Get the entire 10-part series on Warren Buffett in PDF. Save it to your desktop, read it on your tablet, or email to your colleagues. Warren Buffett has consistently advised investors to follow a simple approach, diversifying broadly and minimizing costs.

We present a quick overview of “The Checklist”, ten sequential quantitative steps for portfolio managers and risk managers to model and manage their positions.

Solving the Yankee Equation, One Number at a Time By BILLY WITZ Michael Fishman, an assistant general manager overseeing one of baseball’s largest analytics staffs, will have a prominent voice in the team’s retooling.

Before beginning I would like to highlight one fact about VIX. There is no ‘regular shares’ of VIX, it only has options, this is why its peer products are even relevant.

This is a guest post by Ross Bennett. Ross is currently enrolled in the University of Washington Master of Science in Computational Finance & Risk Management program with an expected graduation date of December 2014.