Mike McDonald
Want To Use Data? Get The Uncut Stuff
If you can use Excel, you can be a quant.
Everything You Wanted To Know About Blockchain (But Were Afraid To Ask)
This ain't your daddy's ledger.
Stocks Can Get It Up Just Fine Without The Fed, Thank You Very Much
The stimulative effects on the stock market of abnormally low interest rates may be greatly exaggerated.
Is Bitcoin Outshining Gold?
Everyone's favorite precious metal has itself an upstart competitor.
Be Classy, Stop Using Monte Carlo Situations Incorrectly
Why not predict pricing correctly, like a true Monegasque?
Cat Bonds Are The Cutest Way to Invest In The Apocalypse
Look at the news, take a deep breath and remember that there's value in catastrophe.
Living With Price Shock: A (Maybe) Practical Guide
Can you live with volatility? Can you reeeeeally?
Passivity Is The New Activity
Does active management ever have a role to play?
The Struggle To Optimize Fee-Only Models Is Real
Umm, you wanna get in on this logit regression?
Bridgewater’s “Book of the Future”
Mike McDonald likes the cut of Virtual Ray Dalio's jib.
Data Analytics: Garbage In, Garbage Out
Happy New Year, let's talk garbage.
The Incredible Shrinking Stock Market
Someone left the stock market in the dryer.
Six Ways To Keep Things With Your Portfolio Sexy...And Accretive
Make time for Mike this week.
Is Your Fund Manager A Quant Or A Monkey With A Dart?
What? It's a fair question.
How To Beat Robo Advisors at Their Own Game
To beat the robots, we must first understand them.
The Popular Investment Strategy That Is Facing Catastrophe
What we talk about when we talk about merger arbitrage.
Front Running Smart Beta For The Masses
The hipster strategy is going basic.
Private Equity Has An Alpha Problem
Do you ever look at the Private Equity space and think "Where did all the alpha go?"