Author Archives: Aaron Wormus

About Aaron Wormus

Aaron Wormus works as the Managing Director of Website Creation at HedgeCo Networks and has worked with HedgeCo since the end of 2004. Prior to working with HedgeCo Networks, Aaron managed a private consulting firm based in Frankfurt, Germany. During this time he worked implementing back-end systems for clients ranging from telecommunications companies to mining companies and Silicon Valley software distributors. Aaron Wormus is a published author who has studied Information Technology and Journalism in Finland. His written work has been published in various technology magazines, translated into 5 European languages, as well as published book. Aaron regularly speaks at PHP Programming conferences, and is involved in the organization of his local technology user group.

[updated] Hedge World – Hedge Fund web portal closes Doors (or NOT)

Big news in the Hedge Fund world this weekend when unofficial reports filtered out of the New York Post that one of the original Hedge Fund portals plans to close its doors on August the 15th. Hedgeworld has been active since the late 1990s and has been a great source of reference both for Hedge Fund news and Fund information […]

Papers on the Sharpe Ratio

A quick update on my last post on the sharpe ratio; The other day I bumped into this page that lists Scholarly Articles on the Sharpe Ratio. Good reading 🙂 http://www.hedgefund-index.com/s_sharpe.asp Adjusting for risk: An improved Sharpe ratio An Algorithm for Trading and Portfolio Management Using Q-learning and Sharpe Ratio… Are independent risks substitutes according to the Generalized Sharpe Ratio? […]

Explaining the Sharpe Ratio (again)

Having the Hedge Fund Calculator built into every product we develop is great. As we develop the platform, we get suggestions from our clients which help us enhance the number of statistics we calculate as well as the speed at which they are generated. One of the issues that we have with statistics is that regardless of how close we […]

Breaking down Hedge Fund Indexes

I am a technologist who has worked in the hedge fund industry since the end of 2004. Each day I come into contact with quickly advancing technology as well as interesting new ways that hedge funds are using technology in their day to day operations. As the managing director of HedgeCo Websites  I also work directly with hedge fund managers […]

Rearview Mirror Investing

If t the Fed had done in the 1930s what Bernanke and Greenspan have done, the Great Depression would have been much worse.  If the Fed would have tried to re-inflate the stock market bubble or keep it from bursting in the first place, it’s the dollar that would have collapsed.  Subsequently, the Great Depression in America would have looked […]

They Don’t Know, That They Don’t Know

The most frightening thing in the world is the lack of acknowledgment that you don’t know what you don’t know. Unfortunately, American politicians are the truest example of such folly.They are blaming the burden of high gas prices on OPEC, speculators, and big oil companies. The biggest reason people related to the oil industry are being targeted is because gasoline […]