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’EMH – The Dead Parrot of Finance
Europe’s top strategist has weighed into the debate about efficient markets.
Soc Gen’s James Montier wants Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EMH) and all its offshoots consigned to the dustbin of history before they inflict any more damage on investors.
Cert FA – an access problem at the Institute
Does this look familiar? If so you were probably trying to access your Level II and III CFA exam results online on Tuesday.
We have no immediate solution. The Institute will not divulge results over the telephone.
So, sell the buy and buy the sell
Here’s something a bit counter-intuitive: sell-side analysts tend to more accurate and less optimistic than their counterparts on the buy sell side according to a trio of Harvard Business School academics published in the July/August edition of the CFA Institute Financial Analysts Journal.
[Vancouver Dispatch] So if Taleb is so clever….
The FT’s “The Short View” columnist John Authers is blogging for FT Alphaville from Vancouver at the annual gathering of the CFA Institute:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb ended his speech by predicting that he already knew what the questions would be.
[Vancouver Dispatch] Seeing the Black Swans coming
The FT’s “The Short View” columnist John Authers is blogging for FT Alphaville from Vancouver at the annual gathering of the CFA Institute:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is about to address the massed ranks of the CFA Institute,