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Debt and inflation fears: Investing’s obsolete dogmas?
Enterprising Investor
One of the things I admire most in people is when they are able to change their opinions based on new evidence, take responsibility for past mistakes, and move on. Given that description, you can imagine what I think of politicians . . .But in the world of economics and investing, some concepts have become indistinguishable from articles of faith, or dogma. People cling to them despite the evidence and the consequences.
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Speed Reading (Members Only)
CFA Society Chicago
August 4, 2020
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CDT
Online
People consume an incredible amount of information daily from reading. This workshop will help you read faster, remember more and boost your productivity. Save time with annual reports/10Ks, financial statements, research reports, contracts, business books, legal documents, regulatory information and all of your required daily reading.
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Annual Business Meeting (Members Only)
CFA Society Chicago
August 12, 2020
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
Online
We are pleased to invite you to join your fellow members on August 12, 2020 for the CFA Society Chicago Annual Business Meeting. As stakeholders in the Society, learn more about CFA Society Chicago's future plans and goals. Leadership will provide a year-end review in addition to a strategic overview of the organization. Regular members will vote on the nominated slate of directors before formally recognizing outgoing society leaders.
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Leverage data for informed decisions

No matter the depth of your accounting background, you can become a versatile business professional with an online master’s in accounting at Gies Business. Earn a certificate or full degree. Through our highly engaging, online, global classrooms, you’ll learn to gather and analyze critical information for informed strategic decisions
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Americans like the stock market for their long-term investment money, survey shows
KOMO News
Where’s the best place to invest your money for the long-term, 10 years or more?Right now, Americans favor the stock market over other options, such as real estate, savings accounts, gold and other precious metals, according to a new survey of a thousand adults by Bankrate.com. And that makes sense, since historically, the stock market is likely to provide the best returns over the long haul.
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Are high-flying tech stocks an investment antidote for COVID-19?
Forbes
Based on investment results so far this year, the answer is decidedly “yes” for many investors. Amid heightened market volatility linked to the pandemic, they have sought refuge in a select group of high-growth stocks which they believe may benefit as social distancing augments internet usage.
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Private equity tops public pension asset classes
Pensions & Investments
Private equity has been good to U.S. public pensions. In the decade ended June 30, the asset class returned a median 13.7%, with the median return among the top 10 plans a bit higher at 15.6%.Recent data from the American Investment Council show the $19 billion Illinois State Board of Investment, Chicago, led the 176 plans surveyed with a 16.7% annualized return over the 10-year period, followed closely behind by the 16.4% posted by the $76 billion Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, Boston.
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Bitcoin surges to fresh 2020 high
Forbes
Bitcoin prices have experienced some notable gains lately, breaking through $10,000 yesterday and then continuing to rally.As a result of this bullish movement, bitcoin reached $10,947.76 this afternoon, CoinDesk data shows.At this point, the world’s most prominent digital currency was trading at its loftiest value since August, additional CoinDesk figures reveal.
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Premium valuations of MNC companies in India: future expectations
Enterprising Investor
Last month, we analyzed whether the premium valuations of multinational company subsidiaries (MNCs) in India relative to their overseas parent companies is attributable to a superior growth profile or other factors like excess domestic liquidity.Our method? Compare the valuations of the MNC parents and MNC subsidiaries from a decade ago to their subsequent cash flows.
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The accidental modernization of the fixed income markets
Institutional Investor
After dire predictions that exchange-traded funds would exacerbate volatility in fixed income, investors instead used ETFs to skirt many of the antiquated bond market’s structural problems.ETFs, which hold a large basket of securities, trade on an exchange like any stock. Critics have been concerned that a market downturn would prompt mass ETF selling, which would require managers to dump individual securities and put even more pressure on creaky primary bond markets.
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