Top Five Articles from September: Films, Frontier Markets, and Getting Your Foot in the Door

1. Advice on How to Become a Research Analyst

A frequent question we receive at CFA Institute is, “What can I do to improve my chances of getting hired as a research analyst?” Beyond the obvious — become a CFA charterholder — there are a number of other steps that aspiring analysts can take, according to Jason Voss, CFA.

2. Top 20 Films about Finance: From Crisis to Con Men

If the film industry has anything to teach finance professionals, it’s this: The financial services industry, particularly Wall Street, had a serious public relations problem long before the financial crisis of 2008.

3. Frontier Markets Faring Better than Emerging Markets

Mutual funds that invest in emerging markets have reportedly seen more than $2 billion in outflows so far in 2013, while funds focused on frontier markets have seen assets under management swell by more than $1.5 billion in the year to date. What explains this divergence in fortunes? The answer seems to be related to the comparative degree of integration in the global economy and appetite for foreign capital.

4. What the Lottery Has to Teach Us about Investing

Probably no other phenomenon presents a greater challenge to the model of Homo economicus — and better examples of the complicated relationship we humans have with money — than this: Last year, the American public spent about $69 billion of their hard-earned money on lottery tickets, even though each individual’s chance of winning is infinitesimal.

5. Choosing Investment Managers: A Guide for Institutional Investors

Many institutions, even the large, sophisticated plan sponsors, end up buying high and selling low when it comes to hiring investment managers. How can that be?

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