book reviews
Howard Marks, CFA, explains why market cycles are largely driven by human psychology and behaviors.
The latest book from Larry Swedroe and Kevin Grogan, CFA, focuses on retirement planning. The inclusion of “complete” in the title is appropriate.
Modern Compliance is an ambitious undertaking that brings together the myriad complexities of governing the investment professional.
In Keeping Your Dividend Edge, Todd Wenning, CFA, describes the new market environment that necessitates a revised approach for selecting and monitoring dividend-paying stocks.
This multi-author volume ranges well beyond the topic evoked by its title — namely, behavioral finance.
The authors have compiled a highly readable, entertaining, and well-informed collection of articles on the history and development of the quantitative techniques of stock selection.
The authors challenge the investment profession to rethink the way it views both clients and employees.
Sloane Ortel and Thomas Brigandi's examination of the seven asset owner organizations shaping the market and a review of Richard Bookstaber's The End of Theory by Robert N. Farago, ASIP, are among the leading Enterprising Investor posts from February.
The End of Theory by Richard Bookstaber is relevant to anyone working in the financial industry.
This work is effectively two books in one: (1) an account of the rise and internationalization of the renminbi and of its prospects for continued ascendancy over the near term and the medium term and (2) a concise description of the various vehicles for investing in Chinese assets.