The father of modern finance took on critics of efficient markets and issued stinging rebukes of “too big to fail” banks, pension plans, active management, and behavioral finance. Read More
Category Archives: News
14 May 2012
Unapologetic after All These Years: Eugene Fama Defends Investor Rationality and Market Efficiency
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8 May 2012
CNBC Clip: Mike Mayo, CFA, On Outlook for Banking Sector, CFA Institute Call to Restore Trust in the Industry
CNBC's Mary Thompson interviews the CLSA banking analyst live from the 65th CFA Institute Annual Conference. Read More
19 April 2012
Laurie Goodman’s Housing Market Recommendations Gain Traction
What will it take to fix the U.S. housing market? Some ideas from 65th CFA Institute Annual Conference speaker Laurie Goodman of Amherst Securities have been gaining popularity. Read More
30 March 2012
20 March 2012
George Friedlander Examines Dramatic Changes in Municipal Bonds
What made 2011 such a challenging year for municipal bonds? Citi’s George Friedlander will examine the causes and map out what’s in store for 2012 at the 65th CFA Institute Annual Conference. Read More
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6 March 2012
Brian Uzzi Harnesses the Wisdom of Social Networks
Brian Uzzi of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management will discuss how traders can leverage social networks and benefit from the wisdom of crowds at the 65th CFA Institute Annual Conference. Read More
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2 February 2012
6 December 2011
Mellody Hobson Discusses Firm Management Success
Mellody Hobson of Ariel Investments was Traders Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year and asked by Forbes to pick her executive “dream team.” Read More
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1 December 2011
Gene Fama on Efficient Markets and the Casualties of the Financial Crisis
Professor Eugene F. Fama of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a speaker at the 65th CFA Institute Annual Conference in Chicago, has spent his career re-defining what investors know about markets — beginning with his PhD thesis and a 1970 Journal of Finance article, “Efficient Capital Markets: A Review of Theory and Empirical Work,” that … Read More
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22 November 2011
Insights from Daniel Kahneman, “The World’s Most Distinguished Living Psychologist”
Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning professor emeritus at Princeton University and author of the book Thinking, Fast and Slow, will be speaking at the 65th CFA Institute Annual Conference in Chicago. Professor Kahneman was most recently profiled by Michael Lewis in the Vanity Fair article, “The King of Human Error.” Michael … Read More
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