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- Timing Patterns In Effective Periodic Investment Strategies
- This study examines the risk/return performance of a number of simple portfolio strategies designed to potentially improve investor wealth accumulations over time. It was found that a "follow-the-winner" strategy, applied quarterly, is an effective approach that results in higher overall return and wealth accumulation, with only a moderate risk increase,...
- White papers 2000-08-01
- What is Core Real Estate? Where are the Opportunities Today?
- This article talks about the real estate cycle that has matured to an equilibrium level, core real estate investment strategies are garnering more attention from pension funds. Although core investing cannot be defined precisely, the overwhelming characteristics relate to the predictability and stability of the income stream, and the liquidity...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Send in the Eggheads: With Employees Afraid to Chart Their Own Investment Strategies, Some Companies Offer a Professional Management Option
- While most companies make some effort to educate employees on the basics of 401k investing, many workers fail to make choices best-suited to their situations. Indeed, there is little evidence that investment education, or the availability of professional advice, prompts employees to put their 401ks on a sensible track. So...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- The Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia: Asset Allocation, Investment Strategy and Governance Issues Revisited
- In this paper, one will argue that the investment performance of the EPF Employees Provident Fund is seriously constrained by the nature of the provident fund scheme, by the regulations imposed upon it, and by financial markets that are under-developed. One of the key conclusions is that pension reform per...
- White papers 2003-05-03
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- MIX & MATCH: New plans wearing Exxon's dress, Mobil's accessories;$23 billion in pension assets run Exxon way.
- IRVING, Texas -- The newly merged Exxon Mobil Corp. pension fund bears a distinct Exxon stamp in both staff and investment strategy. James E. Bayne is now manager, benefits finance and investments for Exxon Mobil, the same title he held at Exxon. H IRVING,...
- Research articles 2000-02-21
- Products & Services: Strategy Science For Pharma Sales Force Management
- How well do you believe your sample allocation plan is meeting your business objectives? Is your investment in sampling generating the increased revenue and market share that you think it should? Are you confident that you're not over-sampling and cannibalizing your market? With Fair Isaac's Strategy Science for Pharmaceutical Sampling,...
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Investment Timing Under Incomplete Information
- The article studies the decision of when to invest in an indivisible project whose value is perfectly observable but driven by a parameter that is unknown to the decision maker ex ante. This problem is equivalent to an optimal stopping problem for a bivariate Markov process. Using filtering and martingale...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Benefits Of A Joint Venture
- A joint venture is a great way to get a unique business opportunity that is valuable for both the investor and the entrepreneurs who have solid business ideas. There are limited drawbacks to the partnerships, and usually there is a plethora of potential benefits from the partnership. It is an...
- White papers 2008-09-17
- Ignoring Antitrust Laws Breeds Bullies and Bailouts
- For decades now, through both Democratic and Republican administrations, antitrust enforcement in the United States has been virtually nonexistent. Companies have been gobbling up competitors in industries ranging from oil Chevron buying Texaco to software (Oracle buying PeopleSoft, which had already purchased J. D. Edwards)...
- Blog posts 2009-12-08
- Pricing Your Products and Services
- Although pricing can be one of the most difficult marketing decisions, the basic process is straightforward—calculating your costs; estimating the benefits to customers and the limits on how much they're willing to pay; and comparing your products, services, and prices to others that are similar. What You Need to...
- Articles 2007-11-28
- InterContinental Exchange Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And we'll go first to Daniel Harris, Goldman Sachs. Daniel Harris - Goldman Sachs Hi, good morning. How are you? Jeff Sprecher Good morning. Daniel Harris - Goldman Sachs I was wondering if you could give us a status update on the clearing...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-26
- Implementing a Personalization Strategy on Your Web Site
- To serve your customers best, you need to understand who they are and what they want and need, and then offer it to them directly. Your Web site can be an ideal means for gathering such customer information and making personalized offers based on that data. To do this, you'll...
- Articles 2007-04-20
- Fresh Look at Strategy Under Uncertainty
- Although even the highest levels of uncertainty don't prevent businesses from analyzing predicaments rationally, says author Hugh Courtney, the financial crisis has shown us the limits of our tools—and minds. Hugh Courtney's book, 20/20 Foresight: Crafting Strategy in an Uncertain World, was published the...
- Articles 2009-02-27
- All change please: Your train ticket will never be the same again
- Commuters all across England could soon be using mobile phones, bank cards and Oyster-style smart ticketing on their journey home via public transport. The Department of Transport DfT today released a consultation document, inviting comments on the development of its future smart ticketing strategy for public transport in England. While...
- News items 2009-08-20
- JetBlue Airways Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Now we will begin the 30-minute question and answer session for investors and analysts. We'd like to ask everyone to please limit themselves to one or two questions with a brief follow up so that we can accommodate as many as possible. Thank you. Your first...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-23
- Conducting Effective Test Marketing
- When launching a new, mass-market product or marketing campaign, you should first conduct a small-scale launch or other customer research in a test market. The purpose of this type of test marketing is to gauge how products will be received on a wider scale. Test marketing helps ensure your product...
- Articles 2007-05-01
- Planning Growth Strategies for Your Small Business
- The most successful approach to growth is an integrated one. The business owner and management team must examine all functions of the enterprise to ensure they are working together to reap the benefits of expansion. Suppose a successful new sales promotion strategy designed by the marketing department has attracted many...
- Articles 2007-05-29
- Goldman's D-e-e-e-e-p Look at Madoff
- Greg Newton submits: Did due diligence before Tremont saleBanned Madoff “more than a decade ago”Investigators looking into Bernard L. Madoff Investment Services LLC should probably drop off a subpoena at 85 Broad. Goldman Sachs GS — representing MassMutual MCI subsidiary OppenheimerFunds in its 2001 purchase of Tremont Advisers Inc ...
- External links 2008-12-22
- The Benefits Of Alternative Investment Strategies In The Institutional Portfolio
- This paper presents an empirical study of the performance of Alternative Investment Strategies (AIS: hedge funds and managed futures). The different strategy sectors within the universe of AIS are introduced along with their specific return, risk, and correlation characteristics. Furthermore, the effect of including AIS in a traditional portfolio of...
- White papers 2001-11-19
- Countrywide Financial Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Paul Miller from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey. Please go ahead. Paul Miller - Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Thank you very much. Angelo, you've been through a lot of these different cycles out there and this doesn't seems to be...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-24
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