My popularity on television and the internet has led a very small money manager to use his popular financial blog to promote his fledgling business by attacking the recent poor performance of my long-term investment strategy. The post is causing quite a stir and compels me to provide some badly needed context.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Managed Futures: Pitfalls in Performance Evaluation / InvestorEducation / Managed Accounts

By: Mack_Frankfurter

While the futures industry's regulatory rules provide clear guidance as to the presentation of managed account composite performance reporting, there are pitfalls in making investment decisions based on a track record's outward appearance without considering the potential for internal distortions.

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Saturday, June 30, 2007

Managed Futures: A Model for Incubating Talent / InvestorEducation / Managed Accounts

By: Mack_Frankfurter

The idea of traders staking other traders for a slice of profits is probably as old as trading itself. Fast forward to the late 1970s and one unearths Commodity Corp. which is remembered for launching the renown careers of Michael Marcus and Bruce Kovner. And in 1983 Richard Dennis is legendary for having made a bet with William Eckhardt which led to his recruiting and training the “turtles.”

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