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Bloomberg
Traders can turbocharge their trading between Chicago and Tokyo starting in the fourth quarter.
That’s when Intercontinental Exchange Inc., owner of major futures markets and the New York Stock Exchange, will begin selling access to the network built by Go West, a consortium featuring some of the world’s fastest traders.
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CFA Society Chicago
Mario J. Gabelli, CFA, is chairman and chief executive officer of GAMCO Investors, Inc. and LICT Corp. He is executive chairman of Associated Capital Group, Inc. Gabelli was Morningstar's Portfolio Manager of the Year (1997) and Institutional Investor's Money Manager of the Year (2011) and is a member of Barron's Financial Magazine's All Star Century Team.
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CFA Society Chicago
While roughly 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water, only about 1 percent is readily accessible freshwater, much of which is in snow and glaciers. Many parts of the world, and even parts of the United States, have experienced prolonged water shortages, which impact economic growth and can even lead to conflict. From the financial analyst's standpoint, how should water be assessed as a risk factor and what steps can be taken to hedge against supply shortages?
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CFA Society Chicago
CFA Society Chicago welcomes you to join us as we plan for our highest profile event of the year. On Wednesday, November 1, 2017, CFA Society Chicago will celebrate its 31st Annual Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. This event is the premier networking event of the year, bringing together more than 1,000 of Chicago's leading investment professionals and key decision-makers. Securing your firm's sponsorship will provide you with an excellent opportunity to showcase your firm to our membership, socialize with individual members of the financial and investment community, and show support for the Society.
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Are you feeling stuck in your current career path? Constantly facing seemingly insurmountable job obstacles you no longer desire to tackle? Feeling trapped in a dead-end position or just plain bored to tears? You are definitely not alone. If you’ve been pushing hard but your career is stuck in neutral, it’s probably time for a change.
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Venture Beat
Unlike many cities across the country, Chicago has no intention of trying to become the next Silicon Valley. The Windy City is happy doing what it does best: Nurturing startups to leverage abundant opportunities amidst the nation’s most diverse economy.
Yet, in one key measure important to venture capitalists, Chicago already surpasses Silicon Valley: return on investment.
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The Associated Press via Chicago Tribune
U.S. stocks are jumping Monday, following global markets higher, after Hurricane Irma weakened without causing as much damage as many had feared. Travel companies and insurers are also rising and home-improvement companies like Lowe's and Home Depot, which rallied last week, fell.
Bond prices fell, sending yields higher.
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NPR
Amazon made the sort of announcement Thursday morning that mayors dream about.
The tech juggernaut said it was looking for the right city in which to build its "HQ2": a second headquarters in North America, equal to its campus in Seattle. And it's going to make that selection process a public one, akin to how cities bid to host an Olympic Games.
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Financial Planning
Does the make-up of a client’s portfolio depend in part on the objective, be it retirement, saving for college or planning for emergencies?
Anjali Jariwala, a CFP and the principal of FIT Advisors in Chicago, practices goals-based investing.
For example, she may set a more aggressive allocation for a couple in their 30s saving for retirement, because there is a long-time horizon before they need to draw on those funds.
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NPR
The Illinois state pension funds are among the worst-funded in the nation. Yet, a new state law allows less money to be put toward that purpose.
The largest state pension system covers Illinois teachers outside of Chicago. Each year, an estimate is made on how much the state should contribute. But a change approved this summer means Illinois is paying a half a billion dollars less than that amount.
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