Category Archives: Investment Topics
George Friedman’s Eyes Are on Germany
George Friedman will be watching how one last piece of the global financial crisis plays out very carefully. Read More
How Unconscious Bias in Our Brain Counteracts Diversity
Mental shortcuts are useful for handling information overload, but consciously structuring your decision process can make bad or ineffective outcomes less likely. Read More
George Friedman Guides Investors through Geopolitics
George Friedman, founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, is acknowledged as one of the world’s most able guides of both political science and geopolitics. Read More
The Next Stage for Robo-Advisers
Randy Cass, CFA, thinks that the legacy of robo advisors will mean dramatic changes for the investment industry’s future. Read More
Antti Ilmanen Describes a Harsh Winter for Expected Returns
AQR’s Antti Ilmanen sees three distinct investing scenarios in the future: Slow pain, fast pain, or 2008 all over again. What are investors to do? Read More
Brexit Britain: Heading for a Variant of the Norwegian Model?
No country has ever left the European Union, and investment professionals are wondering whether the Brexit outcome will resemble a Norway model, a Swiss model, or something else entirely. Read More
Five Themes Shaping the Future for Financial Professionals
Virginie Maisonneuve, CFA, sees an explosive combination of forces at work on the investment industry, and has ideas for addressing them. Read More
Muhammad Yunus on Merging Charity with a Business Engine
Muhammad Yunus says that empowering entrepreneurs can create social businesses to eliminate poverty. Read More
Tomas Sedlacek at the Intersection of Economic Choices and Moral Values
Tomas Sedlacek discusses economics with a view that stands between practicality and politics, at the boundary between quantitative and qualitative. Read More
Raised Expectations, Lowered Rates of Return
Antti Ilmanen, a principal at AQR Capital Management, says everything is expensive because interest rates are at all-time lows. Read More
