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Aswath Damodaran Discusses Valuation amid COVID-19
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Stern School of Business Professor Aswath Damodaran says it's important not to abandon valuation fundamentals.

Roger Ibbotson Explains the Price of Popularity
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Yale Professor Roger Ibbotson says that brand value, competitive advantage, and company reputation may help investors identify overlooked equity investments.

Antti Ilmanen Describes a Harsh Winter for Expected Returns
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AQR's Antti Ilmanen sees three distinct investing scenarios in the future: Slow pain, fast pain, or 2008 all over again. What are investors to do?

Raised Expectations, Lowered Rates of Return
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Antti Ilmanen, a principal at AQR Capital Management, says everything is expensive because interest rates are at all-time lows.

5 Questions for Global Investment Professionals in 2015
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A select group of practitioners that convenes to discuss developments in the capital markets — and society at large — has identified five issues that will be important to examine at the 68th CFA Institute Annual Conference.

Putting a Price on Innovation: Measuring a Firm’s Ability to Adapt
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When important qualities like innovation and culture are hard to measure, where can analysts find answers for challenging valuation questions?

Fresh Perspectives for European Investors: Currency, Asset Allocation, and Risk Management
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Selections from CFA Institute Conference Proceedings for investment professionals ready to challenge their investment processes, practices, and mindsets.

Nate Silver: “Buying Big Data to Solve Problems Is Oversold”
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Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight, warned financial professionals about the appropriate uses and definite limitations of big data.

Manager Selection and Asset Allocation: Practitioner Workshop
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Delegates attending the Research Foundation Workshop for the Practitioner, held in advance of the 67th CFA Institute Annual Conference, can learn about investment manager selection and asset allocation.

Cliff Asness on Sources of Return for Investment Portfolios
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In these Financial Analysts Journal articles, Cliff Asness discusses quantitative research — the force behind his firm’s dramatic growth to manage US$80 billion in assets.