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Bad Ideas: Why Active Equity Funds Invest in Them and Five Ways to Avoid Them

Most active equity funds do not underperform for lack of stock-picking skill. Rather the investment industry incentivizes them to manage business risk at the expense of long-term portfolio performance.

The 60/40 Portfolio Needs an Alts Infusion

How can investors supplement the traditional 60/40 stock/bond portfolio with allocations to alternatives?

Myron Scholes on Black–Scholes, Decarbonization, AI, and Parenting

"If life were unchanging, then options would not be as valuable, but life is always changing, which makes options and the ability to deal with uncertainties very precious." — Myron Scholes

How Goals-Based Portfolio Theory Came to Be

Investing is never done in the abstract. Investing is — and always has been — goals-based.

Is the Euro Uninvestable? The FX Question du Jour

A reduction of the ECB's balance sheet and a serious effort to achieve positive real interest rates will be key to ensuring a turnaround in the fortunes of the EUR/USD.

Equity Risk Premium Forum: MMT, Looking Back, Looking Ahead

"There’s one aspect of MMT that I have some sympathy for: the notion that what we spend money on is far more important than how we finance it." — Cliff Asness

Asset Owner Perspectives: Building Investment Organizations Fit for the Future

How are asset owners thinking about and building their multi-generational, long-horizon portfolios?

The Private Capital Wealth Equation, Part 2: The Economics Variable

The performance of alternative asset managers is encapsulated in the formula: Wealth = Controls + Economics. Here, we outline the economics component of the equation.

The Next 75 Years: Will Generalists or Specialists Prevail?

To generalize or specialize? Seventy-five years after CFA Institute was established, how should investment professionals and aspiring investment professionals approach the choice?

Causality Techniques in Investment Management: Five Key Findings

What are the most widely used causality tests in the equity markets?



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