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CFA Fixed Income Conference


Who Will Suffer from a Leveraged Credit Shakeout?

The next credit cycle trough will challenge leveraged-credit investors in ways not seen during prior default surges.

2014 is the Year of Fixed-Income Investment Management Surprises

Jason Voss, CFA, looks at US Treasury yields, the flood of new corporate debt issuance, the emerging market resurgence, and other fixed-income surprises from 2014.

Can Financial Engineering Cure Cancer?

It may seem an odd question, but can financial engineering cure cancer? No less an intellectual light than Andrew W. Lo of MIT thinks financial engineering is a possibly potent weapon to aid in the ages old pursuit for a cancer cure.

The Case for a Balanced Budget Amendment

The symptoms of economic dysfunction in the United States are becoming all too apparent, according to Lacy Hunt, executive director at Hoisington Investment Management. His solution? A sustained increase in savings, sometimes referred to as “austerity.”