Robert Gowen, CFA, was Head of Product Solutions at CFA Institute, where he oversaw a team of content directors that contribute daily. Prior to joining CFA Institute, he worked in the institutional investment industry for BB&T and Fidelity Investments. Gowen earned a BA in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.
China’s government fixed-income market constitutes a US $12-trillion opportunity, according to Emil Nguy.
China’s government fixed-income market constitutes a US $12-trillion opportunity, according to Emil Nguy.
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.
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.
Financial intermediaries beware. Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have the size and scale to change the traditional model of investment management.
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.
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.
We asked CFA Institute NewsBrief readers whether the stock connect program represents a "transformational breakthrough" in opening China's capital markets.
Are financial markets efficient or not? This simple question has motivated thousands of pages of research with no concrete conclusion.
Risk management approaches run the gamut from philosophy to science to herd mentality.