50th Anniversary Celebration: What the CFA Charter Means to Five Notable...
CFA Institute President and CEO John Rogers, CFA, moderated a panel of charterholders who discussed what CFA Institute, the charter, and the investment industry mean to them. Read More
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Search for Stability: Regulation, Reform, and the Role of Monetary Policy
Former U.S. Federal Reserve Bank governor Randall Kroszner says that the best preparation for any economic crisis is knowing history. Read More
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Aswath Damodaran: Valuation in the Face of Uncertainty
The NYU professor applies a common-sense, mathematical approach to challenge general “rules of thumb” of valuation while still using accepted methodologies, such as the discounted cash flow model. Read...
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Securities Research: What Every Sell-Side Analyst Should Know
Consultant Jeremy Bolland offers some simple tips for managing and mitigating the risks associated with writing and publishing research reports. Read More
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Trust: The Core of Client Relationship Management
Lim How, the author of two books about motivation, discussed the challenges investment professionals face when building trust with clients and co-workers. Read More
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Deductive, Inductive, Pragmatic: Three Views on Investment Risk
Risk management approaches run the gamut from philosophy to science to herd mentality. Read More
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Capital Conundrum: Evaluating a Management Team’s Research and Development
Lag time, accounting rules, and dollar-for-dollar mapping challenges make research and development spending tough to evaluate, and yet it is central to the analyst’s understanding of some firms. Read More
View ArticleIs Homo Economicus Extinct?
Our state of mind greatly affects the way we look at risk. This is a significant departure from the idea that humans are perfectly rational beings. Read More
View ArticleSovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) Are Poised to Change the Business of Asset...
Financial intermediaries beware. Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have the size and scale to change the traditional model of investment management. Read More
View ArticleC. Thomas Howard Urges Practitioners to “View the Markets as They Are”
C. Thomas Howard, an opponent of the efficient markets hypothesis, advocates for a radical departure from the idea of diversification at the core of a healthy portfolio. Read More
View ArticleChinese Government Bonds: The Elephant in the Room
China’s government fixed-income market constitutes a US $12-trillion opportunity, according to Emil Nguy. Read More
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