Tag Archives: CFA Institute

Rare Video of Peter Cundill Lecture from 2005

I read Russo-Gill’s book on Peter Cundill–There is Always Something to Do– soon after it was published in 2011, but not the Routines and Orgies book on the same subject. BeyondProxy linked to this rare footage of Cundill speaking of … Continue reading

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CFA South Florida’s Member-Promotion Video Release

I was happy to participate in this video production (make sure your YouTube settings are on HD for the best experience). I have come to know the participants in the video as outstanding individuals, who volunteered their valuable time to promote … Continue reading

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Is Your Adviser a Fiduciary?

Answer: Probably not, if your adviser is a broker (AKA a “Financial Consultant” or “Financial Adviser” employed by a brokerage firm). “Brokers, like those at the Toffels’ bank, are technically known as registered representatives. They are required only to recommend “suitable” investments … Continue reading

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Truly Honored by Jason Zweig’s Selection of this Blog

I am truly honored to have been selected by Jason Zweig of the Wall Street Journal as one of a handful of investors that Jason thinks are “Smart People for Investors to Follow.” This Margin of Safety blog can be … Continue reading

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This is the Worst Recovery in the Post WWII Era

I think my former Wall Street colleagues know this without the need to read a chart. I added Sufi and Mian’s blog to the economics blogroll on the right after seeing the CFA Institute’s webcast of Sufi’s presentation at a conference … Continue reading

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What is the Effect of a Label? Smart Beta Makes Bill Sharpe “Sick”

Bill Sharpe gave us the Sharpe Ratio to help determine whether an active investment manager is “beating” the market after adjusting for the risk that the manager assumed. Sharpe is from the Efficient Market school of academia, which believes that markets are … Continue reading

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A Book Review

Heh, I was looking at the NYSSA website and stumbled on a book review written in 2011 of Joel Greenblatt’s The Big Secret for the Small Investor and forgot that I wrote the review. Enjoy: http://post.nyssa.org/nyssa-news/2011/05/book-review-the-big-secret-for-the-small-investor.html Continue reading

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John Rogers Discusses Investors’ Rights

The CEO of the CFA Institute discusses investors’ rights with the Wall Street Journal… Continue reading

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RIP, Robert A. Haugen

Robert A. Haugen passed away Sunday, January 6, 2013 and I did not discover that until now. Haugen is perhaps best known for his book The New Finance in which he summarized important academic studies that proved that markets were … Continue reading

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GreatInvestors.TV – Value Investing Video of the Day – Simon Caufield

I met Simon Caufield at the 2011 CFA Institute (CFAI) Annual Conference in Edinburgh. The CFAI was experimenting with a social media app for the conference and asked Annual Conference Advisory Board members to “seed” discussions on the app. My … Continue reading

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