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Quality of Earnings: A Critical Lens for Financial Analysts

Quality of Earnings: By approaching financials with this sharper lens, analysts can not only anticipate problems but also identify opportunities that align with long-term value creation.

Are You Investing in a Fad or a Future Market Leader?

By classifying products into commodity, luxury, or hybrid models, investors can identify durable competitive advantages.

Beyond Bank Runs: How Bank Liquidity Risks Shape Financial Stability

For financial analysts, understanding bank liquidity risks is essential not just for assessing individual banks but also for evaluating broader market conditions.

The Discounted Cash Flow Dilemma: A Tool for Theorists or Practitioners?

Discounted cash flow valuation offers a tempting sense of numerical clarity, but 80% of that “value” can rest on uncertain terminal assumptions. Fragile, indeed.

A Guide for Investment Analysts: The Prehistory of the US Markets

This historical narrative uncovers lessons crucial for modern analysts navigating an ever-changing landscape.

It’s Not Always the Economy: Five Questions to Gauge Financial Markets

The economy matters, but it matters differently to different investors depending on their distinct objectives, timelines, and asset allocation. And it’s not the only thing that matters.

Hidden Ideas in Macro: The Long-Forgotten “M”

A long-forgotten economic indicator demands a reappraisal, says Daniel Nevins, CFA.

Finance, Bubbles, Negative Rates: The What Ifs . . . ?

What if "normal" real interest rates are not coming back?

How to Beat the 2020 Year-End Forecasts

Where will stock markets and interest rates be at year-end 2020?

Book Review: Financial Econometrics

Oliver Linton provides a good reference work for key financial econometric topics and extensions over the past 20 years.