Hints and tips:
...But, most significantly, chairman Robert Sharpe brings “an M&A mentality” and “a major City network”. Might more deals be in the offing? If you can’t berate ’em, join ’em, as Lewis might say....
...Matthew Chan claims to have pioneering spirit in his blood. His great-grandfather, an immigrant, opened the first Chinese restaurant in Miami Beach....
...Even after adjusting for risk, “Sharpe ratios suggest that blue-chip artworks were the most advantageous investment, with gold coming second.”...
...As you can calculate from the table above, rich-country government bonds have historically had a Sharpe ratio of about 0.2, while stocks have had a Sharpe ratio of around 0.3....
...“This is a relatively small defeat in the overall war with our customers,” says Graham Sharpe, media relations director at William Hill....
...interesting: “Market Hardball: Aggressive Methods Of Some Short Sellers Stir Critics to Cry Foul” — Wall Street Journal, September 5, 1985“Capital asset prices with and without negative holdings” — William Sharpe...
...“Very few saw this coming,” says Graham Sharpe, media relations director at William Hill. “It must be that more people backed ‘leave’ with us than other bookmakers.”...
...An entrepreneurial small businessman called Thomas Sharpe purchased the wood of the mulberry and started making souvenirs from it....
...William Hill’s Graham Sharpe also pointed to looming losses. “We’re desperate for anyone other than Jeremy to come out on top.” Mr Sharpe said....
...The satisfaction you get from knowing that your Sharpe ratio is higher than those poor fools with their 60/40 portfolios is not going to pay for the promises you made your pension beneficiaries....
...“Basically, the markets are starting to zone in on the central projections of most of the polls and forecasts, as day by day nothing much changes,” says Matthew Shaddick of Ladbrokes....
...A perfect scenario for Mr Bond. ——————————————- What Matthew is reading Reports that the German government is reverting to old technology to prevent internet surveillance made the Enigma cipher machine...
...“The Tories are favourites to win most votes, and Labour to win most seats,” said Matthew Shaddick, head of political betting at Ladbrokes....
...“We have as much influence as an opinion poll,” said Mr Sharpe....
...——————————————- To read more by Matthew Engel on British institutions go to www.ft.com/engel...
...Rebranding Rule: The Restoration and Revolution Monarchy, 1660-1714, by Kevin Sharpe, Yale, RRP£45/$65 The third and final volume in Sharpe’s superb series on how the British monarchy projected its public...
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...“When there was a foot-and-mouth outbreak in the 1960s, and horse racing was cancelled, there was hardly any point in opening the betting shops,” recalls Graham Sharpe, William Hill’s media relations director...
...matthew.engel@ft.com Matthew Engel’s Dispatch will return in June....
...A collection of designers including John Smith, Linda Fredheim, Nick Proud, Robert Edge, Benton van Dorsselaer, Jon Hemming and Brendan Sharpe, as selected by the Tasmanian Furniture Designers’ Association...
...Last August, The Wall Street Journal published a statement by one Matthew Rothman, financial economist, expressing his surprise that financial markets experienced a string of events that “would happen once...
...The Sharpe ratio is alpha divided by standard deviation of returns, the Treynor measure is alpha divided by beta (a measure of volatility relative to the market), and the information ratio is alpha divided...
...“If I were a client, I would want to know how they are remunerated,” says Matthew Brumsen, head of wealth management for the UK and north and eastern Europe at UBS....
...According to Graham Sharpe, music promoters often similarly dabble in the market on which song will make be No. 1 in the UK Christmas chart....
...Matthew Dundon, a lawyer and director of Miller Tabak Roberts Securities in New York, has been following this for some time....
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