by Zack Miller on April 13, 2011
Things are getting real interesting in the financial industry. Brokers continue to become advisors, big advisors continue to grow, the lines between content and commerce continue to blur. While a few really *get it*, I’m not sure everyone is seeing the transformation occurring in the industry. In this spirit, here are 5 things financial firms [...]
by Zack Miller on April 10, 2011
If you have been living in a cave the past couple decades, it’s possible you haven’t heard of Joel Greenblatt. I profiled him (briefly) in Tradestreaming. In short, he’s one of the best performing investors in history, putting up 40% returns for something like 20 years. Greenblatt is a (not so) secret brand My perspective [...]
by Zack Miller on March 15, 2010
Screening 2.0 and beyond Readers of this site have learned a bit about Screening 2.0 — the ability to use Internet tools (many of them, free) to recreate portfolios that conform to the investment criteria of history’s best investors. Validea’s John Reese has done much of the research legwork on the subject and has produced [...]