A financial crisis that started in July 1997 in Thailand, and affected currencies, stock markets, and other asset prices of several Asian countries, many part of the East Asian Tigers. The Thailand Baht was devalued by as much as 48%, dropping to close to a 100% fall by New Year of 1998. The Indonesian Rupiah
City: Boston2008 Age: 50 Jim Pallotta spent 15 years as a money manager for Paul Tudor Jones at the $18 billion Tudor Investment Corp. According to a letter sent to investors, Pallotta is leaving Tudor Investment to start his own firm. He will retain control of his $5 billion Raptor Global Fund along with Alter
Developed by Michael Jensen, Jensen Alpha measures the performance of a investment in relation to a benchmark. Jensen’s Alpha was initially used in the 1970’s to evaluate mutual fund managers. Positive Alphas suggest strong performance while negative Alphas reflect weak performance. See also: Alpha
Jay Gould (1836-1892) was born and raised on a farm near Roxbury, New York. He attended Hobart academy but left school at 16, to continue studing privately. By the age of twenty-one he had prepared several county maps, written a local history, and saved five thousand dollars. He worked with his father in the hardware
Fibonacci time zones are composed by dividing a chart with vertical lines spaced apart in a ratio adhering to the Fibonacci number sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc.). The interpretation of Fibonacci Time Zones involves looking for significant price movement near the vertical lines. Also known as Fibonacci Time Series. Related Articles: