crisis
At the European Investment Conference, Jochen Felsenheimer of XAIA Investments explained that high yield was no place for long-only buy and hold investors. But is any investment safe from financial Armageddon?
How can economic forecasters improve when they have little incentive to do any better? Behavioral economist Tim Harford thinks financial professionals need help overcoming a God complex.
Halla Tomasdottir cofounded Audur Capital in the year before Iceland’s massive financial crisis. She credits the survival of her firm to four key values.
A recent report shows that the crisis in Europe has created opportunities for private wealth clients and the financial professionals who manage their assets.
Lord Adair Turner discusses how recovering from the 2008 financial crisis has continued to challenge global economies.
If we truly aim to serve clients and our societies to the full, prudence guides us to check the assumptions and challenge the mindsets we instinctively rely on.
The route to recovery in Europe is so long that there will be plenty of growth opportunities to be captured by investors along the way, says David Kelly, CFA.
Tomáš Sedláček, chief macroeconomic strategist at CSOB Bank, believes that our problem is not lack of growth but too much of it. He stated, “It is like owning a car that explodes when it stops.”
In the case of Greece, the French government advisor believes spreads would "rocket" and the country would be subject to a vicious cycle of devaluation and dramatic inflation.
A poll of members in Europe captures investment practitioners' perspectives on the threats to the single currency