CFA Institute Blogs
In the first quarter of 2013, institutional investors added to their equity holdings in the healthcare sector while reducing their exposure to the technology stocks. Among the most widely held stocks, portfolio managers as a group added to positions in Citigroup (C), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Microsoft (MSFT), and BlackRock (BLK), and trimmed positions in Apple (AAPL), Oracle (ORCL), Pfizer (PFE), and Coca-Cola (KO). Read more
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“One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.” – Woodrow T. Wilson. “When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.” – Ronald Reagan … Read more
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Global housing prices remain a popular indicator of economic activity. But overall, recovery in global housing markets seems mixed. Read more
Leave a CommentRobert Johnston, director of the global energy and natural resources practice at Eurasia Group, addresses the prospects for the United States becoming a natural gas “superpower,” and the global geopolitical and investment implications of the US shale energy boom. Read more
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Top posts from last month included a network analysis of Bloomberg’s Twitter a-list, dire warnings about the Fed’s policies from James G. Rickards, and discussions about alternatives to fiat money. Read more
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The chief investment officer at the Bass Family Office says that the expected quality of a hedge fund manager is a function of additional return, minimal volatility, a bias toward positive returns, and less big blow ups. Read more
Leave a CommentIn a poll conducted earlier this week, we asked readers what was the primary factor in the recent decline in gold prices. Read more
Leave a CommentAfter the Great Recession, some quantitative finance watchers stated that the discipline wass dead. Yet, some practitioners, such as Attilio Meucci, are evolving new ways for coping with the real world’s complexities. Read more
Leave a CommentPundits have had a field day proclaiming that the days of long/short equity meeting the needs of investors are over. Measured against the market, long/short equity strategies have indeed had a worse five-year run than in the past.
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Some of the top articles from last month ask whether technical analysis can boost returns, what the next 20 years have in store for private wealth, and how well the stock market discounts. Read more
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