About The Manager
By Staff WriterBEN INKER Ben Inker is the chief investment officer of quantitative developed equities and director of asset allocation at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co....
October 01, 2003
Fund of Funds or Investable Indexes?A recent analysis by Morgan Stanley researchers revealed that hedge funds as a group have produced relatively constant (positive) alpha returns for the past 13...
October 01, 2003
All In The FamilyWhen you think of a fund manager, you probably think of an individual proud of doing his own research, patiently picking individual equities or bonds,...
October 01, 2003
The High Cost of WaitingIf your clients are like most in- vestors, the recent rise in interest rates may make them wonder if now is the right time to...
October 01, 2003
Out of BoundsThe news these days is full of geopolitical disputes over territorial boundaries: where they are, where they should be, and who is infringing on them....
October 01, 2003
Making Marketing MagicIt has come to my attention that many financial advisors have completely stopped marketing over the last couple of years. Many of you are not...
October 01, 2003
Shades of GrayOnce upon a time, the staff at a local United Way office realized that it had never received a donation from the town's most successful...
October 01, 2003
Absolute Truths on MarketingHarry Beckwith is a marketing genius and advisors can learn a lot from him. His first book, Selling the Invisible (Warner Books, 1997), has sold...