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As Oil Prices Stay Lower for Longer, MENA Charts a Path Forward
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Conversations around drivers of economic growth, transitioning away from oil production, and increasing entrepreneurship have gained greater relevance in the Middle East.

Investing in a Market Maelstrom
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The 2016 Middle East Investment Conference will convene amid a market maelstrom of volatile oil prices, negative interest rates, geopolitical drama, and national budget revisions.

Navigating An Experimental Economic Environment
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Our generation of investors must navigate an anemic global economy that was inconceivable only a few years ago, unmoved by zero interest rates and bursts of experimental monetary policy. Mark Harrison, CFA, has identified key presentations to help professionals chart a path forward.

Investing in New Realities: Commodities, Disruptive Megatrends, and State Capitalism
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Selections from CFA Institute Conference Proceedings for investment professionals ready to re-consider new investing realities by engaging with the latest thinking on global economics, frontier markets, innovative investment techniques and disruptive industry trends.

GIC’s Russell Read, CFA, on the Alpha and Beta of Commodities Investing
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Commodity strategies have a major and multidimensional role to play in a diversified portfolio — especially for investors in the MENA region.

Watch Energy and Guns on the Trip to the Peak

Unlike drones and more like electrocardiogram plots, investments rarely go in straight lines but rather undulate, frequently reversing directions, which is normal.  As has been stated in my past posts, I believe that our current journey will take us… READ MORE ›

Survey: CFA Institute Members Concerned about Changing Monetary Policy
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Central bank intervention and its effects on financial markets were topics of major concern for the financial professionals who responded to the survey conducted by CFA Institute for members in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region in October 2013.

Linkfest: Summers Fed front-runner? GS responds on physical commodities; Moral hazard in mortgages makes a comeback

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Linkfest: Banks’ physical commodity trading under fire; Detroit bankruptcy; Cohen accused; China fallout

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Linkfest: Jobs data beat forecast; Stocks outpacing economy? JPMorgan’s regulatory problems

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