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Aligning Allocation to the Global Business Cycle

Static portfolios lag macro shifts. Predefined cycle triggers help practitioners adjust risk before markets reprice.

What the Market Knows That WACC Doesn’t

Market-implied discount rates reveal how investors price risk, often diverging from WACC and reshaping capital decisions.

Attention Bias in AI-Driven Investing

AI tools may favor popular stocks over overlooked ones, embedding attention bias into investment decisions.

Stockholm’s Capital Markets Success: More Than Meatballs

Stockholm’s capital-market success reflects more than IPOs and PE activity. It offers a case study in how culture, institutions, and incentives shape durable capital formation.

Three Risks of Relying on the S&P 500 in Retirement Planning

Why S&P 500 reliance can undermine retirement outcomes, and how diversification, valuation discipline, and withdrawals reshape long-term portfolio risk.

Decoding CTA Allocations by Trend Horizon

Decompose CTA returns into fast, medium, and slow trend horizons to reveal true risk drivers, benchmark overlap, and behavior during market stress.

Why Tight Stop-Losses Often Hurt Investors — and What Robust Capital Growth Really Requires

Tight stop-losses feel disciplined but can erode long-term returns. Robust investing favors resilience over optimization.

How US State Capital Is Reshaping Strategic Supply Chains

US government equity is entering strategic supply chains. For investors, this is changing how risk, returns, and capital allocation are priced.

What Earnings Explain, and What They Don’t: Insights from 150 Years of Market Data

Earnings and stock prices move together long term, but shifts in their correlation offer little value for predicting future market returns.

Research and Policy Center Top 10 Publications from 2025

These popular publications from CFA Institute Research and Policy Center offer practical insight for leaders shaping investment decisions.