The top posts from the blog last month included insights from some of the biggest names in finance. Read more
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Increasingly, it is recognized that defined benefit plans are not sustainable, and traditional defined contribution schemes are not properly designed to meet core retirement goals of most individuals. Nobel Laureate Robert C. Merton conducted a live webinar for CFA Institute … Read more
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Here are some of the most popular stories from this week’s CFA Institute Financial NewsBrief. Read more
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This post uses long time scales of the S&P 500 as a test case for discussing the major tenets of rescaled range analysis, a favorite technique of fractal market analysis, chaos theoreticians, and some technical analysts. Read more
Leave a CommentThe $137 billion in cash that Apple currently has sitting on its balance sheet exceeds the entire market values of technology peers Cisco and Intel, prompting investors to consider anew how Apple should invest this stockpile or otherwise return it to shareholders. While opinion is divided, most think investors would be best served if Apple returned excess cash to shareholders in the form of dividends or share repurchases. Read more
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India recently played host to a CFA Institute investment conference in Mumbai, in partnership with the Indian Association of Investment Professionals and the country’s National Institute of Securities Markets. The event featured three internationally renowned speakers who presentations on the challenges of investing are highly relevant to investment practitioners everywhere. Read more
Leave a CommentSatyajit Das, former banker and author of Traders, Guns and Money and Extreme Money, discusses and assesses India’s recent reform efforts. Das examines the key issues for its economy, its capital markets, and foreign direct investment. Additionally, he discusses the … Read more
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Among the abnormalities of the Great Depression in the 1930s were the brutal violence of the economic cycle and the grim persistence of unemployment — which resonates with us today. This time around very different economic dimensions have emerged, including excessive public debt made worse by bank bailouts, income inequality, and intergenerational warfare. Read more
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Top posts from last month included tips for manager search and selection, word of wisdom from a veteran small-cap investor, and advice on how to help your clients avoid “financially dysfunctional behavior.” Read more
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I think everyone who follows financial markets has crisis fatigue, and most would be happy and relieved if the era of financial crisis is truly ending. But as analysts we shouldn’t allow optimism and wishful thinking to lead to analytical complacency. Read more
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