Mississippi Business Journal » Roger Davis http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Reaching for the algorithms http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/30/reaching-for-the-algorithms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reaching-for-the-algorithms http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/30/reaching-for-the-algorithms/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:00:38 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=36262 Market slumps that have dampened more than a few Wall Street parties over the past 50 years have left a lot of investors feeling like they’re all out of aces. But they are never out of algorithms – not if they know where to find them. The partners at Jackson hedge fund firm Woodridge Capital [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/30/academic-watchers-of-hedge-funds-not-ready-take-on-disciple-role/feed/ 0 Encouraged by the up-and-coming http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/10/encouraged-by-the-up-and-coming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=encouraged-by-the-up-and-coming http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/10/encouraged-by-the-up-and-coming/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:00:11 +0000 Martin Willoughby http://msbusiness.com/?p=31682 Woodridge Capital’s Davis one of those that will lead us in the future The framers of our United States Constitution stepped up in a moment of history and crafted a document that has guided this country for more than 200 years. Interestingly, the average age of the delegates was 43. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest [...]

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