Equities   |   May 30, 2019

Getting on Base: Moneyballing your Portfolio Using Risk Factor Investing

What baseball can teach us about a portfolio’s risk and return in this white paper by Caroline Grandoit, Vice President, Multi-Asset Class Solutions and Liability Driven Investment.

Caroline Grandoit
Senior Managing Director and Lead Portfolio Manager, Total Portfolio Solutions

Baseball scouts must have insanely good intuition to do their jobs well. They look for hundreds of miniscule traits in a prospect in order to determine if they’re worthy of the big leagues: bat speed; arm strength; does he get a first step on the ball?; is he light on his feet?; even a player’s character and his looks come into play. With all these traits to look for – each of which can make or break a pla

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