Biography
Paul McCaffrey is the editor of Enterprising Investor at CFA Institute. Previously, he served as an editor at the H.W. Wilson Company. His writing has appeared in Financial Planning and DailyFinance, among other publications. He holds a BA in English from Vassar College and an MA in journalism from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Journalism.
Since its launch in 2011, Enterprising Investor has showcased the scholarship of behavioral finance’s top luminaries as well as its critics.
Diversification is just as critical to career portfolios as it is to investment portfolios.
"When no one owns a problem, it probably won't get solved."
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What Enterprising Investor articles most resonated with readers in 2020?
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The leading Enterprising Investor articles from 2019 feature insights from some of the top luminaries in all of finance.