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Performance Measurement & Evaluation


The Question That Exposes Weak Quant Models

Errant variables can quietly undermine even the most statistically impressive quant models.

International Women’s Day: Women Leaders Put Nutrition First

Women are three times more likely than men to invest in eating well.

Three Levers That Drive VC Returns

VC performance hinges on ownership and failure reduction, not just rare breakout wins.

What the Market Knows That WACC Doesn’t

Market-implied discount rates reveal how investors price risk, often diverging from WACC and reshaping capital decisions.

AI Is Reshaping Bank Risk

AI is exposing the limits of legacy bank controls, making governance quality critical to resilience and investor confidence.

Rethinking Household Asset Allocation Under Capital Constraints

Leveraged ETFs aren’t about more risk, they’re about using less capital to achieve a desired risk profile in household portfolios.

What Earnings Explain, and What They Don’t: Insights from 150 Years of Market Data

Earnings and stock prices move together long term, but shifts in their correlation offer little value for predicting future market returns.

Incentives Are Dangerously Aligned in Private Markets

Private markets increasingly resemble a speculative supply chain, where rational actors and aligned incentives quietly compound systemic risk.

What Successful Investors Read: Book Recommendations from Professionals

The best investors read widely about people, systems, bias, and failure because investing is more than numbers.

AI in Venture Capital: Separating Signal from Noise

A simple framework helps VC investors assess and identify durable long-term value when investing capital in AI.