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06 May 2012

Live Stream Session: The Flaws of Finance

Posted In: Archives

James Montier, investment professional and member of the Asset Allocation Team at GMO UK Ltd., will discuss:

  • How bad models, bad behavior, bad incentives, and bad policies interact to create perfect storms for markets
  • How physics envy in finance and the abuse of mathematics endanger our industry
  • What effects these problems have on the finance industry

Broadcast live on Sunday, 6 May (5:00–6:00 p.m. CDT).


About the Author(s)
Jennifer Curry

Jennifer Curry formerly served as managing editor of the Enterprising Investor. Previously, she was the social media manager at the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA). Prior to her work at NYSSA, Curry worked as the senior project editor for a nonfiction imprint at Barnes & Noble Publishing and as an assistant editor at the H.W. Wilson Company. She is the editor of several volumes in the Reference Shelf series, and her writing has appeared in Smithsonian, IndustryWeek, Barnes & Noble Review, and other publications. Curry holds a BS in journalism and a BA in anthropology from the University of Kansas, and an MA in anthropology from Hunter College, City University of New York.