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4 dead, including intruders, in Pa. home invasion
A woman and her accomplice broke into her family's home and killed her mother and brother before they were killed
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ASHVILLE, Pa. — A woman and an accomplice broke into her family's home and killed her mother and brother before they were shot to death by her father, state police said Saturday.
The home invasion happened late Friday night in Ashville, about 40 miles southwest of State College in central Pennsylvania.
The father reported the shootings to police and wasn't injured, said Cody Williams, a communications operator at the state police barracks in Ebensburg.
He was at home with his wife and their adult son when his daughter and another person entered, Cambria County District Attorney Kelly Callihan told reporters at a news conference early Saturday. An argument ensued, resulting in gunfire, she said.
Three people were pronounced dead at the home, and a fourth person died at a hospital.
Autopsies are being performed, and the victims' names are being withheld, state police said.
There is no risk to the public, Callihan said, adding that authorities aren't commenting on a motive.
Police say the relationship between the daughter and the intruder remains unclear.
A news conference has been scheduled for late Sunday morning at the state police barracks in Ebensburg.
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RECORDINGS VIEW; Suzanne Vega's Version Of the Human Comedy
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: October 11, 1992
In a pop climate of big noises and angry outcries, the folk-pop singer Suzanne Vega has always gone defiantly against the grain by writing knotty little songs about people who feel insignificant and victimized. And in "Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)," the opening cut of her new album, "99.9 F degrees," she slyly addresses the problem of being a quiet folk miniaturist in a heavy-metal world by imagining herself as David to the rock world's Goliath. "What's so small to you is so large to me/ If it's the last thing I do/ I'll make you see," she declares in a voice that sounds demure but stubborn.
By far Vega's most rewarding record, "99.9 F degrees" (A&M 54005; CD and cassette) is the first album in which she breaks almost completely away from the conventions of the New York folk milieu that nurtured her. Produced by Mitchell Froom, a studio wizard with an ear for odd noises and instrumental juxtapositions, the record is filled with intriguing Dadaist clangs, clunks and honks that silhouette her ruminations in a stylized carnival atmosphere. At moments, the record recalls the junk-shop Salvation Army-band style of Tom Waits's much-admired art-rock album "Swordfishtrombones." In other places it echoes the more dissonant moments of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
The arrangements, far from distracting attention from Vega's lyrics, complement them like fanciful illustrations in a storybook. The brash colors and slap-happy rhythms set off her matter-of-fact vocal delivery and bring out her mordant humor.
Not everyone, however, is likely to find Vega's version of the human comedy amusing. The narrator of "Blood Makes Noise," the first single to be released from the album, is fighting off a panic attack during a physical examination. "I'd like to give the information/ But blood makes noise/ It's a ringing in my ears," she explains to the doctor who is asking questions while administering what seems to be a test for the AIDS virus. As disturbing as its subtext may be, the song's musical setting -- an accelerated, pumping oom-pah-pah -- is downright jolly.
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"As a Child" describes how, by drawing in the dirt and creating imaginary streets and cities, children "learn to have a life." The irony of the song is that the narrator feels more like an inanimate object than her doll, who "seems to have a secretive stare."
When Vega first appeared on the folk scene with her doelike appearance, pure vibratoless alto and aura of hypersensitivity, she was mistakenly assumed to be the heir of warmblooded folk madonnas like Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell. As it turned out, there is nothing at all earth-motherish in Vega's personality.
Sex, when it appears in her songs, is often fraught with ambiguity and danger. The album's title song portrays romantic love as a possibly contagious fever that requires cooling. The narrator of "Bad Wisdom" is a young girl who may have been sexually molested and who has lost her friends. "What price to pay for bad wisdom?" the girl asks stoically?
"As Girls Go" portrays sexuality itself as a child's guessing game. The narrator, observing a transvestite who may or may not have had a sex-change operation, remarks, "You make a really good girl, as girls go."
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These characters project neither the idealism nor the sense of entitlement expressed by earlier folk singers. The old dreams of true love, spiritual enlightenment, personal glory and utopian salvation barely occur to them. As they forge ahead, they share a remarkable absence of self-pity. All they really desire is a feeling of autonomy and the opportunity to face a dangerous but interesting world with their eyes wide open.
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The other day I noticed that somehow Skype had added (inserted) icons for running Skype from with in browsers. They did this to the 3 browsers I use; IE 8 , Chrome, Firefox in its latest iteration.
Certainly I did not knowingly give them permission to mess with my set up. It took me probably 20 minutes or more to uninstall their software from each of the 3 browsers.
Question-- 1) What do I have set up wrong, if anything, that allowed them to pull this off.
2) How can I prevent it in the future?
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Go to tools, then select 'manage add-ons'. From there, you should be able to disable the ones that you don't want. Usually, there is an 'x' on the left or right of the tool bar as well, with which you can close the tool bar permanently and will never see it on your browser again. But make sure you at least disable the add-ons, because simply deleting them from sight won't stop your problem. Hope this helps.
I've used AVG, MaCafee's, Norton, Threatfire and few other anti-virus programs. Norton is the WORST-it puts junk in your system and slows it down very much like AOL (0r is it A Oh Hell) does and to get rid of the invasive stuff that wraps around your OS, even to the restore point sections, you usually have to do a complete format...up to 3 times. MaCafee's is the 2nd worst. Threatfire isn't bad-it's proactive and catches some stuff, however I've had it conflict with several programs on my system running Win ME, until I swapped to XP.
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Fruitful: Watermelons contain an ingredient that can help relax the body's blood vessels, like Viagra
Eating fresh watermelon could help men pep up their love lives, scientists said yesterday.
The fruit has a similar effect to taking Viagra, the nutritionists claim.
But don't get too excited. You'd have to eat at least six slices to have the same effect as one Viagra tablet, and it's not as 'organ-specific' as the impotence drug.
There's another downside too. 'The problem you have when you eat a lot of watermelon is you tend to run to the bathroom more," said U.S. Department of Agriculture researcher Penelope Perkins-Veazie.
Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body's blood vessels, similar to what happens when a man takes Viagra.
Found in the flesh and rind of watermelons, citrulline reacts with the body's enzymes when consumed in large quantities and is changed into arginine, an amino acid that benefits the heart and the circulatory and immune systems.
'Arginine boosts nitric oxide, which relaxes blood vessels, the same basic effect that Viagra has, to treat erectile dysfunction and maybe even prevent it," said Bhimu Patil, director of Texas A&M University's Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Centre.
"Watermelon may not be as organ-specific as Viagra, but it's a great way to relax blood vessels without any drug side effects."
Todd Wehner, who studies watermelon breeding at North Carolina State University, said anyone taking Viagra shouldn't expect the same result from watermelon.
"It sounds like it would be an effect that would be interesting but not a substitute for any medical treatment," he said.
The nitric oxide can also help with angina, high blood pressure and other cardiovascular problems, according to the Texas study, which was paid for by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
More citrulline - about 60 percent - is found in watermelon rind than in the flesh,
Citrulline is found in all colours of watermelon and is highest in the yellow-fleshed types.
Apart from the added toilet breaks, another problem is the amount of sugar eating that much watermelon would spill into the bloodstream - a jolt that could cause cramping, said Perkins-Veazie.
Patil said he would like to do future studies on how to reduce the sugar content in watermelon.
The relationship between citrulline and arginine might also prove helpful to those who are obese or suffer from type-2 diabetes.
The beneficial effects - among them the ability to relax blood vessels, much like Viagra does - are just beginning to be revealed in research.
Citrulline is present in other curcubits, like cucumbers and cantaloupe, at very low levels, and in the milk protein casein.
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GET /fql?q=SELECT%2Buid2%2BFROM%2Bfriend%2BWHERE%2Buid1%3Dme()&access_token=...
You can issue a
HTTP GET request to
/fql?q=query where
query can be a single fql query or a JSON-encoded dictionary of queries.
Queries are of the form
SELECT [fields] FROM [table] WHERE [conditions]. Unlike SQL, the FQL
FROM clause can contain only a single table. You can use the
IN keyword in
SELECT or
WHERE clauses to do subqueries, but the subqueries cannot reference variables in the outer query's scope. Your query must also be indexable, meaning that it queries properties that are marked as indexable in the documentation below.
FQL can handle simple math, basic boolean operators, AND or NOT logical operators, and ORDER BY and LIMIT clauses. ORDER BY can contain only a single table.
For any query that takes a
uid, you can pass
me() to return the logged-in user. For example:
SELECT name FROM user WHERE uid = me()
Other functions that are available are
substr() and
Here's an example of a subquery that fetches all user information for the active user and friends:
SELECT uid, name, pic_square FROM user WHERE uid = me()
OR uid IN (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me())
Evaluates a series of FQL (Facebook Query Language) queries in one call and returns the data at one time.
This method takes a JSON-encoded dictionary called ''queries'' where the individual queries use the exact same syntax as a simple query. However, this method allows for more complex queries to be made. You can fetch data from one query and use it in another query within the same call. The WHERE clause is optional in the latter query, since it references data that's already been fetched. To reference the results of one query in another query within the same call, specify its name in the FROM clause, preceded by #.
For example, say you want to get some data about a user attending an event. Normally, you'd have to perform two queries in a row, waiting for the results of the first query before running the second query, since the second query depends on data from the first one. But with fql.multiquery, you can run them at the same time, and get all the results you need, giving you better performance than running a series of fql.query calls. First, you need to get the user ID and RSVP status of each attendee, so you'd formulate the first query – query1 – like this:
"query1":"SELECT uid, rsvp_status FROM event_member WHERE eid=12345678"
Then to get each attendee's profile data (name, URL, and picture in this instance), you'd make a second query – query2 – which references the results from query1. You formulate query2 like this:
"query2":"SELECT name, url, pic FROM profile WHERE id IN (SELECT uid FROM #query1)"
Here's a sample for running fql query
$app_id = 'YOUR_APP_ID';
$app_secret = 'YOUR_APP_SECRET';
$my_url = 'POST_AUTH_URL';
$api_version = 'API_VERSION'; // e.g. v2.7
$code = $_REQUEST["code"];
// auth user
if(empty($code)) {
$dialog_url = 'https://www.facebook.com/' . $api_version
. '/dialog/oauth?client_id='
. $app_id . '&redirect_uri=' . urlencode($my_url) ;
echo("");
// get user access_token
$token_url = 'https://graph.facebook.com/' . $api_version
. '/oauth/access_token?client_id='
. $app_id . '&redirect_uri=' . urlencode($my_url)
. '&client_secret=' . $app_secret
. '&code=' . $code;
// response is of the format "access_token=AAAC..."
$access_token = substr(file_get_contents($token_url), 13);
// run fql query
$fql_query_url = 'https://graph.facebook.com/' . $api_version
. '/fql?q=SELECT+uid2+FROM+friend+WHERE+uid1=me()'
. '&access_token=' . $access_token;
$fql_query_result = file_get_contents($fql_query_url);
$fql_query_obj = json_decode($fql_query_result, true);
// display results of fql query
echo '
';
print_r("query results:");
echo '
';
// run fql multiquery
$fql_multiquery_url = 'https://graph.facebook.com/' . $api_version
. '/fql?q={"all+friends":"SELECT+uid2+FROM+friend+WHERE+uid1=me()",'
. '"my+name":"SELECT+name+FROM+user+WHERE+uid=me()"}'
. '&access_token=' . $access_token;
$fql_multiquery_result = file_get_contents($fql_multiquery_url);
$fql_multiquery_obj = json_decode($fql_multiquery_result, true);
// display results of fql multiquery
echo '
';
print_r("multi query results:");
echo '
';


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Equity Perspectives
Be Careful What You Wish For: High Active Share—Perception versus Reality
The potential benefits of high active share may be offset by style inconsistency and overlapping exposures.
In Brief
- Active share has become a staple within the asset management lexicon, yet key lessons from the literature are often oversimplified.
- Research has found that high active share is associated with outperformance only when factor betting is constrained.
- Portfolios with very high levels of active share tend to demonstrate greater degrees of style drift.
- Combining high active share managers may actually dilute the overall activeness of a multi-manager structure.
- Strategies with active share that is high relative to tracking error can provide the performance and style consistency prized by multi-manager programs.
Active share has been making headlines in the investment world since 2009, when it was broadly introduced by former Yale professors Martijn Cremers and Antti Petajisto. Against the backdrop of a performance drought for active equity managers, many pundits, practitioners, and members of the financial media have embraced active share as an easy-to-compute measure of portfolio "activeness" that is also predictive of future excess returns.
Unfortunately, key lessons from the literature are frequently oversimplified, if not outright misunderstood. In this paper, we examine three major misperceptions regarding active share. In addition, we suggest an approach to equity management that achieves active share in a manner that is both supported by empirical research and that may serve as the basis for reliable building blocks to be used in multi-manager structures.
When it comes to active share, more is always better.
High active share is associated with outperformance only when factor betting is constrained.
In their 2009 research paper, Cremers and Petajisto proposed two measures—active share and tracking error—as indicators of different dimensions of active management. Active share, the authors suggested, was a reasonable proxy for stock selection, or how a portfolio differed from its index in terms of individual stock allocations. Tracking error, on the other hand, was more related to factor betting—that is, deviations from a benchmark in terms of factors such as sectors, market capitalization, or investment style ("value" or "growth" stocks).
Table 1. Two Dimensions of Active Management
Source: Lord Abbett.
With the two dimensions of active management defined and measured, Cremers and Petajisto examined the effect of each on performance. The authors found that funds with high active share tended to outperform their benchmarks, while those with lower active share did not. And so the "High active share good, low active share bad" mantra was born.
A more nuanced observation, however, revolves around the relationship between active share and tracking error. Not only are the two measures positively correlated, but beyond a certain point the increases in active share can be accompanied by exponential increases in tracking error, as shown in Chart 1.
Chart 1. At Higher Levels of Active Share, Tracking Error May Increase Dramatically
Active share versus tracking error for large-cap value and mid-cap value funds
Source: Morningstar.
Active share and tracking error are calculated for constituents of the Morningstar Large Value category and for the Morningstar Mid-Cap Value category versus the Russell 1000® Value Index and the Russell Midcap® Value Index, respectively. Active share calculated as of December 31, 2011. Tracking error calculated for the three-year period ended December 31, 2014.
Why the significant increase in tracking error as active share moves higher? The answer lies in how managers achieve active share. A long-only manager can achieve active share in three ways: by excluding index constituents, by owning index constituents at different weights, and by owning off-index securities. If a manager generates very high active share by heavily overweighting small index names or by investing significantly in off-index positions, the resulting portfolio is likely to have factor exposures—sector weights, market capitalization tilts, or otherwise—that are markedly different than the index. These variations, in turn, can drive significant volatility of excess returns.
The relationship between active share and tracking error is critical to interpreting the active share findings because, as shown in Table 2, the two variables affect performance in opposing ways when considered simultaneously. While increasing active share has a positive association with performance, increasing tracking error has historically demonstrated a negative association.
Table 2. Effect of a 1% Increase in Active Share and Tracking Error on Annualized Excess Returns, 1992–2009
Source: Antti Petajisto, "Active Share and Mutual Fund Performance," Financial Analysts Journal, July/August 2013.
The significant implications of this relationship were clarified in Petajisto's 2013 research update. After extending the original study through the financial crisis of 2008–09, the author found that only diversified stock pickers—that is, funds with high active share that also constrained factor bets (as indicated by their lower tracking error)—outperformed.
Table 3. Historically, Only Diversified Stock Pickers Have Outperformed
Average performance of three active manager types, 1990–2009
Source: Antti Petajisto, "Active Share and Mutual Fund Performance," Financial Analysts Journal (July/August 2013).
The true lesson of the active share research, therefore, is not that investors should maximize active share but rather that they should seek active share that is high relative to tracking error. Indeed, as the author notes, "High tracking error is not desirable because funds that focus on factor bets underperform and even concentrated managers who combine active stock selection with factor bets have underperformed." In other words, the potential benefits of active stock picking (best measured by active share) can be offset by the negative impact of factor betting (best measured by tracking error).
What is the right balance between active share and tracking error? That depends on an investor's objectives and tolerance for tracking error. For example, within the context of a multi-manager structure that demands reliable building blocks, lower tracking error strategies that deliver more consistent excess returns and style consistency may be preferred.
Managers with similar active share should deliver similar results.
Active share can be achieved in a variety of ways, and understanding the sources of activeness can yield critical insight into a manager's approach. A major appeal of active share is the ease of computation: simply sum a portfolio's absolute active weights and divide by two. This simplicity, however, comes at a cost. Specifically, a portfolio's level of active share says nothing about how that activeness is achieved or the manner in which various active positions may interact.
Take active sector bets, for example. As Table 4 demonstrates, sector leadership varies dramatically from year to year, and the penalty for misplaced bets can be severe—over the past five years the average difference between the top-performing and worst-performing sectors in the S&P 500® Index was 32%.
Table 4. Sector Leadership Is Volatile and Difficult to Predict
Annual returns for the S&P 500® Index and its sectors, 2010–14
Source: Bloomberg.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. For illustrative purposes only.
The potential impact of misplaced, correlated factor bets may help explain why so many active managers fail to outperform their benchmarks. In 2014, for example, only 21% of mid-cap value mutual funds outperformed the Russell Midcap® Value Index, according to Morningstar. While undoubtedly there were myriad contributors to the performance shortfalls, many managers came into 2014 with large underweights to utilities and REITs, presumably based—at least in part—on the view that interest rates would rise (see Table 5).
Table 5. In 2014, Mid-Cap Value Managers Made Big Factor Bets
Source: Morningstar and FactSet.
Contrary to consensus expectations, interest rates steadily declined throughout 2014, providing a tailwind for these "bond proxy" sectors and detracting from the relative performance of portfolios that were underexposed.
Chart 2. In 2014, REITS and Utilities Outperformed the Russell Midcap Value Index
Source: Morningstar.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. For illustrative purposes only.
It is important, therefore, to consider not only a manager's absolute level of active share but also the sources and potential implications of that activeness as well. If a manager achieves active share by making just a few large sector bets that are highly correlated—such as simultaneously underweighting interest rate-sensitive groups like utilities and REITs (real estate investment trusts)—the effect on returns and tracking error may compound. Alternatively, if another manager makes deviations that are independent or even offset, such as over- or underweighting individual stocks while remaining sector neutral to the index, the effects on return may not compound and could in fact diversify each other. While "headline" active share for both portfolios may be similar, all else equal, the first manager is taking a low-breadth approach characterized by a small number of big factor bets. Meanwhile, the second manager is demonstrating a high-breadth approach characterized by a greater number of more modest, stock-specific positions.
As a supplement to active share, investors may wish to consider another measure of a portfolio's deviation from its benchmark: active specific variance. This measure quantifies the portion of a portfolio's total variance (that is, volatility of excess returns versus a benchmark) coming from stock-specific risk as opposed to factor risk. As shown in Chart 3, portfolios with similar levels of active share may differ dramatically in their sources of portfolio variance.
Chart 3. Variance Analysis Can Help Distinguish Stock Pickers from Factor Bettors
Source: Morningstar and AXIOMA. Data as of December 31, 2014. For illustrative purposes only.
Calculated versus the Russell Midcap Value Index. "Active Specific Risk" is the percentage of projected portfolio variance that is attributable to stock-selection risk. "Factor Risk" is the percentage of projected portfolio variance that is attributable to sector and other risk factors. Portfolio variance is a measurement of the volatility of excess returns relative to the benchmark.
While active share may be helpful in quantifying a manager's level of overall activeness, decomposition of portfolio variance can provide additional insight into the sources of that variance and distinguish true stock pickers from factor bettors.
Combining individual strategies with high active share will yield a multi-manager structure with high active share.
Style inconsistency and overlapping exposures may actually dilute the overall activeness of a multi-manager allocation.
Since active share may be achieved through off-index allocations, it is perhaps unsurprising that portfolios with very high levels of active share tend to demonstrate greater degrees of style drift (see Chart 4).
Chart 4. Active Share and Style Drift Are Related
Source: Morningstar. Data as of December 31, 2014.
Active share and the Morningstar style consistency metric are calculated for constituents of the Morningstar Large Value category and for the Morningstar Mid-Cap Value category versus the Russell 1000 Value Index and the Russell Midcap Value Index, respectively.
Style drift, of course, potentially complicates allocations within a multi-manager structure. If, as in the example shown in Chart 5, a mid-cap product drifted up into the large-cap space while a large-cap manager simultaneously gravitated down in capitalization, the result could be unintended overlap that would reduce the benefits of diversification.
Chart 5. Style Drift in High Active Share Structures Can Result in Unwanted Overlap
Source: Morningstar. Portfolio data March 31, 2012–January 31, 2015. For illustrative purposes only and does not represent any Lord Abbett mutual fund or any particular investment.
Style, however, isn't the only factor that can lead to unintended overlap. Portfolios may end up gravitating toward each other on any number of factors, such as the aforementioned underweighting of interest-rate sensitivity in 2014. As a result, what are believed to be two distinct portfolios with complementary exposures may end up "doubling down" on particular factors over time.
Even without style drift, the activeness of individual portfolios may be neutralized in multi-manager structures. For example, many large cap managers achieve high active share by chronically investing in smaller capitalization stocks. Although this manager isn't drifting per se, the lack of adherence to the style mandate may be problematic if the portfolio is paired with a small cap strategy, especially one that tends to skew higher in capitalization.
To illustrate this point, consider a multi-manager structure comprised of five distinct portfolios currently available for investment (see Table 6). Each individual strategy boasts active share that would be considered high within its respective category, yet when combined, the overall active share of the multi-manager structure is meaningfully lower because overlapping exposures cancel each other out.
Table 6. When the Whole Is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts
Equity portfolios in a multi-manager structure
Source: Morningstar. Data as of December 31, 2014. For illustrative purposes only and does not represent any Lord Abbett mutual fund or any particular investment.
Indexes are unmanaged, do not reflect the deduction of fees or expenses, and are not available for direct investment.
Managers deriving active share from diversified, stock-specific positions are more likely to assemble portfolios that are true to style and more closely reflect their respective benchmarks in terms of factor exposures. Naturally, these portfolios would not be expected to demonstrate headline active share that rivals managers running highly concentrated portfolios or making large, off-index allocations. These "factor neutral" portfolios, however, are less likely to overlap with other strategies, thereby resulting in an aggregate, multi-manager active share that will be closer to a weighted average of its components, and not diluted as in the example above.
Better Building Blocks: Diversified, Factor Neutral Portfolios
As we have seen, the true lessons of the active share research are more subtle and nuanced than conventional wisdom suggests. While the results support active stock selection, only diversified approaches that also constrain factor bets have, historically, outperformed. Despite these findings, the active management industry continues to march in the opposite direction. As shown in Chart 6, large cap value and mid cap value managers are—intentionally or not—allocating meaningful portions of their risk budgets to factor betting. Considering the negative implications of factor betting on excess returns, this trend may help explain the performance droughts in which many active equity managers find themselves today.
Chart 6. Intentionally or Not, Active Managers Continue to Bet on Factors
Source: AXIOMA. Data most recent available, as of March 31, 2015. Calculated versus the Russell Midcap Value Index. "Stock Picking Contribution" is the percentage of projected portfolio variance that is attributable to stock-selection risk. "Sector & Other Factor Contribution" is the percentage of projected portfolio variance that is attributable to sector and other risk factors. Portfolio variance is a measurement of the volatility of excess returns relative to the benchmark. *Ten largest funds in the Lipper classification. For illustrative purposes only and does not represent any Lord Abbett mutual fund or any particular investment.
Active managers' increased proclivity for factor betting also poses challenges for investors constructing multi-manager portfolios. Ultimately, a well-intended focus on high active share strategies may lead an investor to building blocks that not only underperform but also do so with high degrees of style drift. As these building blocks shift, unwanted overlap and dilution of active share at the aggregate level may follow.
With these lessons in mind, Lord Abbett believes that investors seeking equity capabilities that can deliver full-cycle excess returns and style fidelity should consider strategies that focus on stock picking and explicitly constrain factor risks relative to benchmarks. Stock picking has been a reliable means of capturing excess return over time, but only when factor exposures are carefully managed. To that end, strategies with active share that is high relative to tracking error and achieved in a factor-neutral manner represent better building blocks—ones that can more reliably deliver the full-cycle performance and style consistency sought by multi-manager programs.
Drew Willey, Product Strategist; and Ron Vlieger, CFA, Senior Financial Writer contributed to this article.
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Alpha is a measure of risk-adjusted performance. It is the risk-adjusted excess return of a fund relative to the fund's benchmark.
Correlation is a statistical measure that indicates how closely two entities (e.g., securities, indexes, or portfolios) move in relation to each other. A correlation of 1.0 indicates that a move up or down by one is matched by a move in the same direction by the other. A correlation of -1.0 indicates that a move up or down will be matched by move in the opposite direction. A correlation of 0.0 indicates that the two entities have no statistical relationship.
Tracking error is commonly defined as the time-series standard deviation of the divergence between a fund return and its benchmark index return. A typical active manager aims for an expected return higher than the benchmark index, but at the same time wants to have low tracking error to minimize the risk of significantly underperforming the index.
Active Share is a methodology used to evaluate a fund's actual performance and volatility against a benchmark. The methodology is not an indicator of how a specific investor's investment will perform. This should not be used as a tool or evaluation in making any investment decision. We strongly recommend that you consult with your financial advisor before making an investment decision. Neither diversification nor asset allocation can guarantee a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.
The S&P 500® Index is widely regarded as the standard for measuring large cap U.S. stock market performance and includes a representative sample of leading companies in leading industries.
The Russell Midcap® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell Midcap companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks are also members of the Russell 1000® Value Index. Index is unmanaged, does not reflect the deduction of fees or expenses; and is not available for direct investment.
The Russell 1000® Index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.
The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
The Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
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A day after Kejriwal quit as the Delhi CM, his party received a lot of donations. The party received about Rs 27 lakhs on Satuday, Feb 15, for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The increase in the donations began after Kejriwal reisgned on Friday.
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NEW YORK It's Rosie with a Z.
Even comedian Rosie O'Donnell can't quite believe she's on stage with Broadway legend Liza Minnelli this rainy Tuesday morning. The two performers are rehearsing City Lights, which opens Rosie Live, an NBC variety special hosted by O'Donnell that's airing tonight (8 p.m. ET/PT).
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"Brightly lit by pretty city lights!" the two women sing in tandem. "Love those city lights."
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text: Mike Riddle www.Train2Equip.com Topics A primer on radioactive decay Carbon-14 dating Radioisotope dating The Atom Fundamental unit of matter Made up of components called subatomic particles Proton (positive charge) Neutron (no electrical charge) Electron (negative charge) Nucleus Electron What Is Carbon? Carbon-14 is also referred to as: C-14 Radiocarbon Types of carbon (isotopes) Atomic mass 9 14 16 6 6 6 Atomic number Unstable isotopes (Atoms) An atom is generally stable if the number of protons equals the number of neutrons in the nucleus Atom (Isotope) Protons Neutrons Stable Carbon 6 6 Stable Nitrogen 7 7 Stable Oxygen 8 8 Carbon 14 6 8 What is Radioactive Decay? The nucleus of an atom (decays) changes into a new element The proton number (atomic number) must change 14 14 6 7 How long does this take? What is Half-Life? The rate of decay is measured by how long it takes for half an element to decay (half-life) The half-life of C-14 is 5,730 years Half-Life Illustration Time = 0 5,730 years 1 half-life 11,460 years 2 half-lives C-14 N-14 N-14 C-14 1/2 1/2 3/4 C-14 If C-14 is constantly decaying, will we run out of C-14 in the atmosphere? How Carbon-14 Is Produced Cosmic Rays (radiation) Forms C-14 Collision with atmosphere (N14) C-14 combines with oxygen to form carbon dioxide (CO2) Carbon-14 Life Cycle Cosmic radiation 14 14 14 7 6 7 Carbon-14 is produced in the atmosphere Carbon-14 decays into Nitrogen-14 Review There are different types of carbon There are stable and unstable atoms (isotopes) Radioactive decay Half-life (Carbon-14 = 5,730 years) C-14 life-cycle (N-14 C-14 N-14) Next Topics Equilibrium How the carbon clocks works Equilibrium: The Assumption Carbon 14 being added The amount of C-14 in the atmosphere stays constant C-14 Atoms Amount added equals amount removed Carbon 14 being removed Starting the Carbon Dating Clock Once a plant or animal dies the clock starts Organism dies No more C-14 intake C-14 continues to decay How the Carbon Clock Works The C-14 dating method relies on measuring the amount of C-14 in the fossil Three Scenarios 1. There is a lot of C-14 remaining in the fossil 2. There is very little C-14 remaining in the fossil 3. There is no detectable C-14 in the fossil What We Need to Know What do we need to know to determine how many half-lives have expired? 1. How fast it decays (measured in half-lives). This is known (5,730 years). 2. The starting amount of C-14 in the fossil. A critical Detail Understanding the Starting Point Illustration You enter a room and see a burning candle The candle is burning at 1 inch per hour How long has the candle been burning? We need to know the starting height of the candle We need to know the starting amount of C-14 Understanding the Starting Point If we find 1,000 C-14 atoms in a fossil, do we know how much C-14 has decayed? NO We need to know the starting amount of C-14. How is this done? Determining the Starting Amount There are two types of carbon used in the dating process: C-12 and C-14 C-12 is a stable isotope (it does not decay) When an organism is alive it has the same ratio (C-12 to C-14) that is found in the atmosphere (1-trillion to 1) I'm alive I'm a fossil Same ratio Different ratio How the C-12 / C-14 Ratio Works Amount of stable C-12 Amount of unstable C-14 Ratio 100 Trillion 100 1-T to 1 0 0 100 Trillion 50 2-T to 1 5,730 1 100 Trillion 25 4-T to 1 11,460 2 100 Trillion 12 8-T to 1 17,190 3 100 Trillion 6 16-T to 1 22,920 4 100 Trillion 3 32-T to 1 28,650 5 Years Dead # Half-lives A Critical Assumption Has the ratio of C-12 to C-14 always been the same (1-trillion to 1)? This is a key assumption If this assumption is true then carbon-14 dating is a reliable dating method If this assumption is false then carbon-14 dating is not a reliable dating method Dr. Willard Libby and Equilibrium Richard, Milton, Shattering the Myths of Darwinism, 1997, p. 32. (W. F. Libby, Radiocarbon Dating, 1955) "He found a considerable discrepancy in his measurements indicating that, apparently, radiocarbon was being created in the atmosphere somewhere around 25 percent faster than it was becoming extinct. Since this result was inexplicable by any conventional scientific means, Libby put the discrepancy down to experimental error." The Facts About Equilibrium Richard, Milton, Shattering the Myths of Darwinism, 1997, p. 32. "During the 1960s, Libby's experiments were repeated by chemists… The new experiments, though, revealed that the discrepancy observed by Libby was not merely an experimental error – it did exist." The Facts About Equilibrium Richard Lingenfelter, "Production of C-14 by cosmic ray neutrons", Review of Geophysics, 1963, p.51. "There is strong indication, despite the large errors, that the present natural production rate exceeds the natural decay rate by as much as 25 percent." Are there any factors that can affect the amount of carbon in the atmosphere? Factors Affecting Carbon-14 Dating Factors that would cause dates to appear older than they actually are include: Cosmic ray penetration of the earth's atmosphere The strength of the earth's magnetic field The CO2 levels in the atmosphere The Genesis Flood Atmospheric Levels of Carbon The Genesis Flood buried much carbon from living organisms to form coal and oil This buried carbon (mostly C-12) is about 100 times the total carbon in the present biosphere What does this mean? The CO2 level in the pre-Flood biosphere was different (a higher ratio of C-12 to C-14) C-14 dates using the present ratio of C12/C14 will give incorrect ages – ages that are too old Example of Dating Assumptions Find a fossil with a measured ratio of 16 trillion to 1 (C12 to C14) This means 4 half-lives have expired giving a date of about 23,000 years What if the ratio started at: 2 trillion to 1: 3 half-lives instead of 4 – age 17,000 8 trillion to 1: 1 half-life instead of 4 – age 5,000 The Assumption: Equilibrium Elizabeth K. Ralph and Henry M. Michael, "Twentyfive Years of Radiocarbon Dating," American Scientist, Sep/Oct 1974 "We know that the assumption that the biospheric inventory of C14 has remained constant over the past 50,000 years or so is not true." The assumption carbon-14 dating is based upon is FALSE Carbon-14 and Age Anything older than 60,000 years should have no detectable C-14 If we detect C-14, it is good evidence that it is not millions of years old Coal should not contain any detectable C-14. However, coal has been found to contain C-14 Fossil woods estimated to be over 200 million years old still contain C-14 C-14 and Recent Dates R. E. Taylor, "Major Revisions in the Pleistocene Age Assignments for North American human Skeletons by C14 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry", American Antiquity, Vol. 50, 1985, pp. 136-140. Ancient human skeletons, when dated by the new Accelerator Mass Spectrometer technique, give surprisingly recent dates. In one study of eleven sets of ancient human bones, all were dated at about 5,000 radiocarbon years or less. Carbon-14 Summary Carbon-14 can only be used to date organic material Carbon-14 dating accuracy is dependent upon a consistent ratio between C-12 and C-14 (equilibrium) The assumption of equilibrium is FALSE There are factors that can affect C-14 in the atmosphere (Genesis Flood) Ancient fossils as well as coal contain C-14 residue One More Thing About Age About 30,000 years to reach equilibrium Over 25% out of equilibrium Conclusion: The earth is young I'm Young after all Carbon-14 Dating: Conclusion Robert E. Lee, "Radiocarbon: Ages in Error," Anthropological Journal of Canada, 1981, pp. 26-27. "The troubles of the radiocarbon dating method are undeniably deep and serious. Despite 35 years of technological refinement and better understanding, the underlying assumptions have been strongly challenged…. It should be of no surprise, then, that fully half of the dates are rejected. The wonder is, that the remaining half came to be accepted. continued The implications of pervasive contamination and ancient variations in carbon-14 levels are steadfastly ignored by those who base their argument upon the dates…. While the method cannot be counted on to give good, unequivocal results, the numbers do impress people, and save them the trouble of thinking excessively." Radioisotope Dating Methods Dating Rocks What are they and how do they operate? What is the basic perception? How accurate are they? Are there any hidden assumptions? Why People Believe Scientists have proven the earth old Peer pressure (specifically the education system) Intellectualism (science versus religion) Don't want to hear the information Young earther's are ignoring the scientific evidence The Bible does not teach how old the earth is Not an important issue, but it must be old Most scientists believe in an old earth Pride Textbooks Biology: Visualizing Life, Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1998, p.177. "Using radioactive dating, scientists have determined that the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, ancient enough for all species to have been formed through evolution." Radioactive Decay Parent element Daughter element Uranium Decay Lead Potassium Decay Argon Radioisotope Dating Used to date igneous and metamorphic rocks (basalt) Cannot be used on sedimentary rocks (limestone, sandstone, and shale) a a 238 U 234 Th 234 Pa 234 U 230 Th a 210 Po 206 Pb Hour Glass Example Hour Glass Example Can you calculate how long you were outside? Four Assumptions 1. The starting amount of daughter element is known 2. All the daughter element is due to radioactive decay 3. The sample was always in a closed environment 4. The decay rate has always been constant Parent Element Daughter Element Potassium Argon Examples of Dating Sunset Crater, Northern Arizona Lava flows at Mt. Ngaurhoe, New Zealand Potassium-argon: 275,000 Reality: 1949, 1954, 1975 Hualalai basalt, Hawaii Potassium-argon: 200,000+ Reality: AD 1065 Potassium-argon: 1.4 – 22 million Reality: AD 1801 Mt. Etna basalt, Sicily Potassium-argon: 140,000 – 350,000 Reality: 1972 Examples of Dating Rocks that were created since the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens dated up to 2.8 million years old Basaltic rocks of Uinkaret Plateau six K-Ar model ages five Rb-Sr model ages one Rb-Sr isochron age one Pb-Pb isochron age 0.01 to 17 million 1270 to 1390 million 1340 million 2600 million Paleozoic Precambrian Gardenas Basalt (Precambrian) five K-Ar model ages six Rb-Sr model ages one K-Ar isochron age one Rb-Sr isochron age 791 to 853 million 980 to 1100 million 715 million 1070 million Radioisotope Dating Reliability and Consistency If the dates are never right when we know the age of the rocks, how can we be sure they are correct when we don't know the exact date of the rocks? Radioisotope Dating John Morris, Ph.D. Geology, The Geology Book, 2000, p. 52. Reliability and Consistency "When the same rock is dated by more than one method, it will often yield different 'ages.' And when the rock is dated more than one time by the same method, it will often give different results." Assumptions If you base your theory on a wrong assumption, all your work can be correct, but the result will be wrong. Conflict in Dating In 1993 scientists found wood (trees) buried in basalt flows (69 feet deep) Wood samples sent to two laboratories to be carbon-14 dated 44,000 years Basalt sent to two laboratories to be potassiumargon dated 45,000 million years 69 feet deep Wood encased in Wood embedded in lava flow (basalt) basalt Helium in the Atmosphere Uranium During ultimately decays into lead this process helium atoms are formed Helium nucleus a a 238 U 234 Th 234 Pa 234 U 230 Th a 210 Po 206 Pb Helium in the Atmosphere Not enough helium for an old earth Helium atoms H H H H H H H Radioactive Decay Helium in Granite Radioactive decay (uranium to lead) produces helium atoms Helium does not remain long in rocks – it migrates rapidly to the surface and into the earth's atmosphere If the earth is billions of years old, we should not find large amounts of helium in granite (zircon crystals) Over 58% of the helium still remains in the granite (zircon crystals) What does this mean? 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