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Social Norms Shape Investment Behavior. What Can Advisors Do About It?

Note to financial advisors: It’s time to embrace the norm effect and rethink how we influence investment decisions.

Europe Rearms: What Defense Spending Means for Markets

For financial analysts and investors, the rise of defense spending in Europe is more than a policy shift -- it’s a structural re-rating of risk and opportunity across the continent.

Book Review: Quantitative Risk and Portfolio Management: Theory and Practice

This book fills a unique gap between the CFA curriculum and the growing demand to find model-driven investment management solutions.

How Tariffs and Geopolitics Are Shaping the 2025 Global Economic Outlook

The year is unfolding beneath the weight of mounting geopolitical risks and structural divergences, The challenge for investors isn’t just to react, but to interpret, prepare, and adapt.

Rebalancing’s Hidden Cost: How Predictable Trades Cost Pension Funds Billions

Rebalancing may help portfolios stay on target, but its predictability comes at a cost.

Big Funds, Small Gains: Rethinking the Endowment Playbook

Endowments heavily invested in alternatives are falling well behind low-cost indexed portfolios.

Top 10 Posts from Q1: Valuation Models, Inflationary Shocks, Private Markets

This quarter's top reads reveal what's capturing the attention of investment professionals.

Market Concentration and Lost Decades

Modern portfolio theory has taught professional investors the benefits of diversification. Maybe it is time to diversify in a more intentional way to reduce extreme market concentration.

Geopolitical Change: Investors Should Focus on the Long Term

In our interconnected world, geopolitical events — ranging from trade disputes and regulatory shifts to conflicts and pandemics — capture headlines and influence market sentiments. As investment professionals, it’s crucial for us to understand these dynamics without… READ MORE ›