CFA Institute Blogs
One of the primary objectives of the Fed’s policy was to enable as many homeowners as possible to refinance into a lower mortgage rate. The Fed affected rates not only through its language and guidance but also through the outright … Read more
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Debt is back with a vengeance — thanks to record-low interest rates and excess liquidity. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Asia’s high-yield debt market. Read more
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“Constant Maturity Cap” buyers may be proven correct one day but, until then, the high cost of “disaster” insurance will be a tailwind for the sellers of this skew. 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
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Ramin Toloui and PIMCO assess the economic forces at work in Asia, expecting an aggregate demand boost for Japan and seeing opportunities in the Indian rupee. Read more
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Monday morning on CNBC, TrimTabs CEO Charles Biderman noted that “the Fed’s balance sheet is up a few trillion, and the equity market caps are up a few trillion. To me, there’s nothing else that’s going on.” The popular pundit … Read more
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A mutual recognition platform enabling cross-border fund distribution between China and Hong Kong could become a game changer for the global fund management industry and usher in new competition for popular fund domicile jurisdictions like Luxembourg and Ireland. Read more
Leave a CommentMike Zelouf, CFA, discusses fixed-income portfolio benchmarks. Specifically, he explains why market-cap-weighted bond indices may not be good benchmarks and why alternative benchmarks do not solve all problems. Read more
Leave a CommentAfter the Great Recession investors are still searching for answers on how to best examine and understand bank credit quality. Invictus Group’s CEO Kamal Mustafa, a penultimate insider’s outsider, offers not just perspective on the problem but genuine solutions. Read more
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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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