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Xi Li

Xi Li is the managing partner of XL Partners and a visiting research fellow with Boston College. He worked in Acadian Asset Management as a senior researcher and portfolio manager and taught MBAs at Boston University, the University of Miami, and Vanderbilt. He advocates the combination of global macro analysis with quant equity investing, with a blog named "Eclectic Investors" at http://xlpartners.blogspot.com/. His research has been published in prestigious finance and accounting journals such as Journal of Accounting and Economics and Journal of Quantitative and Financial Analysis. His research has previously won academic and practitioner awards such as the Chicago Quantitative Alliance Best Paper Competition, the Financial Management Association Annual Dissertation Award, and the FMA European Conference Best Paper Award. Xi has a M.A. in Economics from Tulane and a Ph.D. in finance from Vanderbilt.

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Thomas Grennes is a professor of economics at the North Carolina State University and a former visiting faculty member at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. His research has dealt with various aspects of international economics, including open economy macroeconomics, international finance, and international trade in agricultural products. Recent research topics have included macroeconomic aspects of the Great Moderation, offshore outsourcing, sovereign wealth funds, and the relationship between government debt and economic growth. Earlier work dealt with emerging market issues in the Baltic countries and Russia and trade and macro policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Economic history topics include the Columbian Exchange of plants and animals, the effects on food markets of introducing mechanical refrigeration, and the integration of Tsarist Russia into the world grain market. When he is not involved in economics, he enjoys mountain hiking.

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