Why Your Next Japanese Portfolio Should be Market-Neutral — and How

A principal of APT Investment Management, Inc., in New York. He was previously professor of economics, econometrics, and finance at Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management, as well as senior vice president of the New York Futures Exchange. Mr. Blin has served as a consultant to governments, leading corporations, securities firms, and exchanges in the U.S. and abroad. He holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University.

A principal of APT Investment Management, Inc., in New York. He was previously director of operations for First Western Government Securities, Inc., and vice president for product development at Telstat Systems. Mr. Bender holds an M.S. in applied mathematics, and has pursued graduate studies in applied mathematics at New York University's Courant Institute.

Vice president of Daiwa Securities in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was previously a faculty member at the University of Virginia and at Lehigh University, and he worked in the quantitative investment research group at Drexel Burnham Lambert. He holds an A.B. in economics from Duke University, an M.A. in economics from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Texas.