Q-Group spring 2007 seminar summaries are (almost) all about alpha
Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed under: CAPM / Alpha TheoryAs you probably know if you are a regular reader, The Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance” (or Q-Group for short) is one of the world’s foremost communities of quant rock-stars from the academic and practitioner communities. In his video interview for the American Finance Association’s “History of Finance” project, William Sharpe tells of how he was actually at a Q-Group annual seminar when he learned of his Nobel Prize.
Well, no one won a Nobel Prize at last spring’s meeting. But the 17 pages of session summaries, now available here, are well worth a read. Here is a selection of what you’ll find:
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[...] The Q-Group line-up is all about alpha. (All About Alpha) [...]
Although very similar, The Q-Group isn’t related to the similarly prestigious QWAFAFEW
I find the two institutions complementary, with significant differences. Not the least of which: at Q, all the “quaffing of a few” happens during the “one-on-one” conference times.