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		<title>Alpha being airlifted out of dying portable alpha strategies</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/23/alpha-being-airlifted-out-of-dying-portable-alpha-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/23/alpha-being-airlifted-out-of-dying-portable-alpha-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disenchanted with the beta portion of their portable alpha programs, several major public pension plans are now shunning the approach.  But that doesn't mean they're turning their backs on absolute return strategies.  Far from it... ]]></description>
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		<title>Two studies find active management &#8220;put&#8221; was AWOL in 2008</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/22/two-studies-find-active-management-put-was-awol-in-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/22/two-studies-find-active-management-put-was-awol-in-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retail Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many say that the ability to dial back on beta is the hallmark of active management.  But some recent research finds that this flexibility hasn't paid off when needed most.]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Tito</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/14/dennis-tito/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/07/14/dennis-tito/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Who's Who]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dennis Tito
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Wilshire Associates.
Wilshire Associates
Bio (Wikipedia)
Relevant Postings (AllAboutAlpha.com)
 
   
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Commodities not about &#8220;buy and hold&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/29/alternative-viewpoints-commodities-not-about-buy-and-hold/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/29/alternative-viewpoints-commodities-not-about-buy-and-hold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAIA Alternative Viewpoints Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is little doubt that commodities are hot.  But as Keith Black, CAIA, argues: investors must move well beyond simple "buy and hold" strategies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Research finds most equity indices actually contain alpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/28/research-finds-most-equity-indices-actually-contain-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/28/research-finds-most-equity-indices-actually-contain-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A study of various global equity indices shows that the smaller more "exclusive" ones (like the Dow) depart significantly from the passive "buy and hold ethos" of indexation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fixed Income 130/30 comes out of hiding</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/12/fixed-income-13030-comes-out-of-hiding/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/12/fixed-income-13030-comes-out-of-hiding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After we wrote a posting last spring about 130/30 in the world of fixed income, the strategy seemed to go underground.  But it's poking its head back above the ground now.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Shortage of Shorts?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/08/a-shortage-of-shorts/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/08/a-shortage-of-shorts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Think you know the stock lending market?  130/30 fees?  Whether quants are better at 130/30?  How about whether portable alpha and 130/30 are cousins?  If so, you may be the only one.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>First Quadrant challenges convention on short-extension strategies</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/01/first-quadrant-challenges-convention-on-short-extension-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/11/01/first-quadrant-challenges-convention-on-short-extension-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this guest posting, First Quadrant's Jia Ye says a short-extension strategy can certainly improve a manager's information ratio.  But she warns that 1X0/X0 may not always be a good thing. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Altercation over Indexation</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/26/the-altercation-over-indexation/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/07/26/the-altercation-over-indexation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fundamental Indexing's Rob Arnott went toe-to-toe with Vanguard's Gus Sauter in a recently-released webcast.  Billed as an "Indexation Smackdown", the bout featured plenty of bobbing and weaving.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>EVENT: Portable Alpha &amp; 130/30 Strategies 2007</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/18/event-portable-alpha-13030-strategies-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/18/event-portable-alpha-13030-strategies-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[130/30]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Location: New York
Dates: November 7-9, 2007
Organized By: Terrapinn
In a great example of real-time market response, organizers of &#8220;Portable Alpha USA&#8221; have recently added &#8220;130/30&#8243; to the mix. While these two topics might appear to be slightly different species, we argue that they are part of the same genus: alpha-centrus investingae. Portable Alpha advocates would have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Missing Persons Found: Jensen Coined Alpha &amp; Beta But Tito Cashed Out</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/12/missing-persons-found-jensen-coined-alpha-beta-but-tito-cashed-out/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/12/missing-persons-found-jensen-coined-alpha-beta-but-tito-cashed-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: John Ilkiw, SVP Portfolio Design &#38; Risk Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Published: Winter 2006 Canadian Investment Review
Yes, you read the title of this article right.  It was Michael Jensen, not William Sharpe, whom actually used the terms &#8220;alpha&#8221; and &#8220;beta&#8221; for the first time in 1967&#8217;s now famous paper with the catchy title, &#8221;The Performance of Mutual [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interview with Wilshire&#8217;s Jim Dunn about the new Wilshire/Fairfield Greenwich portable alpha offering</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/11/interview-with-wilshires-jim-dunn-about-the-new-wilshirefairfield-greenwich-portable-alpha-offering/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/11/interview-with-wilshires-jim-dunn-about-the-new-wilshirefairfield-greenwich-portable-alpha-offering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/11/interview-with-wilshires-jim-dunn-about-the-new-wilshirefairfield-greenwich-portable-alpha-offering/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today (Monday), I spoke with Jim Dunn, VP at Wilshire Associates about the firm&#8217;s new partnership with hedge fund manager Fairfield Greenwich Group to provide a turn-key portable alpha solution.
A former convertible arbitrage manager and graduate of Villanova University, Dunn was hired by Santa Monica-based Wilshire about 18 months ago to spearhead the firm&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bursting Another Sort of Bubble</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/27/bursting-another-sort-of-bubble/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/27/bursting-another-sort-of-bubble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Coverage of Hedge Funds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Allan Sloan, Newsweek
Published: October 30 Issue
Newsweek&#8217;s Allan Sloan, &#8220;The Cruncher&#8221;, offers up some pretty weak evidence this week that a bubble exists in hedge funds:
&#8220;Day after day, I hear about hedge funds&#8217; growing powerâ€”we&#8217;re up to almost 9,000 funds with $1.225 trillion in assets, according to Hedge Fund Research, from about 3,600 with $456 billion [...]]]></description>
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