Investing

[ad_1] After a long hiatus, The Sustainability Story podcast from CFA Institute is back. In the first new episode, Paul Andrews, head of Research, Advocacy, and Standards at CFA Institute, speaks with Ceres president and CEO Mindy Lubber about the critical connection between climate risk and financial risk. Mindy Lubber […]

[ad_1] Index fund investors have various choices when selecting the weighting style of the funds they hold. There are market cap-weighted indices like the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000/3000, stock price-weighted indices like the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as well as equally weighted indices. But to our knowledge, there […]

[ad_1] The Art in Fundamental Analysis Financial statement analysis represents the art in fundamental equity valuation and helps creditors and investors make better economic decisions. For reporting purposes, corporations prepare statutory statements that combine accounting rules describing the accrual process, management estimates of projected events based on past experience, and […]

[ad_1] Introduction The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index (SSE) was booming in early 2015, and as it soared, legions of new investors rushed in to try their luck at securities speculation. Although stock bubbles were nothing new, this one had two peculiarities. First, under the regulatory framework, SSE stocks could […]

[ad_1] The financial markets are experiencing a sea change marking the end of a long period of accommodative central bank monetary policy, and there is little hope of ultra-low interest rates returning anytime soon, legendary investor Howard Marks, CFA, explained in a virtual conversation with Margaret “Marg” Franklin, CFA, president […]

[ad_1] What I Learned about Investing from Darwin. 2023. Pulak Prasad. Columbia University Press. Investment professionals know that there is no substitute for hours of in-depth textbook study combined with an equal helping of hands-on experience. Self-taught investors, however, can develop significant knowledge and skillsets for their own investing success […]

[ad_1] What is the current outlook for investors in today’s credit market? Interest rates had been in secular decline since the 1980s. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis (GFC), rates hovered near zero as central banks embraced quantitative easing (QE) and flooded markets with liquidity. Among other effects, […]

[ad_1] The proxy voting system has taken on added importance amid growing interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues and how investors vote on related shareholder proposals. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, in particular, provide critical guidance, and shareholders who want to vote their proxies depend on […]

[ad_1] Investors who want to target exposure to macroeconomic risks in their equity investments can enhance the robustness of those portfolios with a new strategy that delivers more consistent exposures to macroeconomic factors. That’s the critical takeaway of Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence-winning research from Mikheil Esakia and Felix […]

[ad_1] Mark J. Higgins, CFA, CFP, is the author of Investing in U.S. Financial History: Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future from Greenleaf Book Group Press. After World War II, the portfolios of US institutional investment plans began growing rapidly. As of 2021, the total assets held by US […]