It’s not you, it’s the data

Need to build a portfolio? One way to go about it is to buy the most expensive asset allocation software you can find, and crunch the numbers until you hit the efficient frontier.

But number crunching may not be the most intuitive, or prudent way to end a relationship, especially on Valentine’s day.

If you watch Seinfeld you’ll remember who invented the, “It’s not you, it’s me” break-up routine. Here’s another in the same spirit: “It’s not you, it’s quantitative cost-benefit analysis,” courtesy of Timothy McSweeney’s.

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