[ad_1] Adapted by Lisa M. Laird, CFA, from “Communicating Clearly about Investment Objectives and Risks” by Karyn Williams, PhD, and Harvey D. Shapiro, originally published in the July/August 2021 issue of Investments & Wealth Monitor.1 In the first article in this series, we discussed the need for clear communications at the […]
Monthly Archives: June 2024
[ad_1] A bug in the Solidity optimizer was reported through the Ethereum Foundation Bounty program, by Christoph Jentzsch. This bug is patched as of 2017-05-03, with the release of Solidity 0.4.11. Background The bug in question concerned how the optimizer optimizes on constants in the byte code. By “byte code […]
[ad_1] A Wealth of Well-Being: A Holistic Approach to Behavioral Finance. 2024. Meir Statman. John Wiley & Sons. In A Wealth of Well-Being, Meir Statman, the Glenn Klimek Professor of Finance at Santa Clara University and a prominent thought leader in behavioral finance, explores how financial well-being can lead to […]
[ad_1] We are excited to announce the return of the Devcon Scholars Program for Devcon Southeast Asia! Bringing together builders from diverse geographies and disciplines, the Devcon Scholars Program offers more than just a scholarship to attend Devcon – it aims to build a community focused on co-learning and co-creation, […]
[ad_1] As the most followed CFA charterholder on LinkedIn, Eric Sim, CFA, has expertly leveraged social media to connect with other professionals, build his personal brand, and advance his career. In the How to Master Social Media series, adapted from his recent book Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success, Sim shares […]
[ad_1] Over the last month and a half we saw vigorous ongoing research and development on all sides of the Ethereum roadmap, and progress is rapidly starting to translate into real results that can be run and verified inside of an Ethereum client. On Metropolis: Agendas for core dev meetings […]
[ad_1] Investment advisors may be overestimating the risk of equities for longer-term investors. We analyzed stock market returns for 15 different countries from 1870 to 2020 and found that optimal equity allocations increase for longer investment horizons. Optimization models that use one-year returns generally ignore the historical serial dependence in […]
[ad_1] Thanks to all the developers and team leads who contributed to the sections on their projects In the last month and a half, the Ethereum network went through a rapid growth in usage, to the point that it now processes as many transactions per second as Bitcoin. To accommodate […]
[ad_1] We all agree that finance has a key role to play in getting us to net zero. But we can’t ignore the elephant in the room: the inherent conflict between the “E,” the “S,” and the “G” in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. As much as we might […]
[ad_1] The Foundation believes Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) should not be published as a W3C Recommendation, and we are now making public the formal objection the Ethereum Foundation submitted to the W3C opposing the recommendation of EME. As a member of the W3C, the Ethereum Foundation contributes to the standards-making process and […]