04 March 2013

Top Five Articles from February: Insights from Taleb, Kahneman, Damodaran, and More

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1. Nassim Taleb and Daniel Kahneman: Black Swan Shows Fragility under Heavy Weight of Anchoring

Two of the era’s leading commentators on human behavior and the markets — Nassim Taleb and Daniel Kahneman — recently sat down to discuss their research

2. Future of the MBA: Financial Professionals in a Changing World (Video)

How have MBA programs changed over the years? What can recruiters and employers expect out of MBA graduates in the 21st century?

3. Soft Skills for Finance: Tools for Decoding Your Personality and Work Style

A key step in developing emotional intelligence is to engage in self-awareness and self-reflection. If you want to improve your work performance, take the time to learn who you are and what makes you tick — warts and all.

4. The New Global Financial Order: Three Perspectives on Investing

At our recent investment conference in India: Roger Urwin reviewed key challenges posed by the “new financial order”; Aswath Damodaran focused on successful investment philosophies; and Satyajit Das tackled the subject of investment strategies for survival.

5. Reframing the Gold Standard Debate: The Fixed-Money-Supply Standard

A debate between those advocating for a fiat money supply and those advocating for a gold standard has been raging for nearly a century. It’s time to reframe this debate.

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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.