

Enterprising Investor
CFA Institute
Enterprising Investor is the flagship podcast of CFA Institute and the definitive program for the investment management industry. As stewards of the investment industry, Enterprising Investor will feature intimate conversations with some of the most influential people from the world of finance about the topics that matter most to investment professionals.
Episodes
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Apr 5, 2010 • 10min
After-Tax Performance Benchmarks: The Australian Experience
In episode #032, Jamie Perrett explains what a tax-adjusted index is and how the Australian experience influenced and motivated the design of after-tax indices.

Apr 2, 2010 • 6min
Stimulus, Liquidity, and Bubbles: Is China Leading the Global Economic Recovery?
In episode #031, Jie Gan evaluates China's role in the global economy.

Mar 26, 2010 • 13min
Derivatives: Past, Present, and Future
In episode #030, Philip Gocke discusses growth in US and non-US derivatives markets, the impact of the crisis on derivatives use, regulation changes, and the future of derivatives use.

Mar 19, 2010 • 16min
Behavioral Finance: What Can Investors Learn from Their Mistakes?
In episode #029, Jason Zweig discusses how investor goals should be pursued instead of focusing on risk tolerance and practical applications of behavioral finance.

Mar 12, 2010 • 13min
Unintended Consequences of U.S. Tax Changes
In episode #028, Robert Gordon discusses the changes to U.S. estate tax law, challenges with formula based wills, and the intricacies of deductibility of interest.

Jan 22, 2010 • 11min
Equity Market Inefficiency
In episode #026, Robert Haugen discusses the changes fundamental factors that drive stock price performance, components of equity risk, and equity market inefficiency.

Jan 11, 2010 • 11min
Advances in Asset Allocation
In episode #025, Lionel Martellini discusses the changes have taken place in investment management approaches and how asset allocation and risk management related to each other.

Dec 18, 2009 • 10min
Equity Investing for 2010
In episode #024, Steven M. Galbraith discusses the following: Equity values in the current economic environment -- Elevated money market balances -- Market strategies for 2010.

Nov 25, 2009 • 23min
Asset Backed Securities: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
In episode #023, Bob K. Behal, CFA, and David Van Ommeren discuss the following: Dislocation in asset-backed securities markets during the financial crisis -- ABS markets that are working on their own -- ABS markets supported by the government -- Commercial mortgage market outlook and risks.

Nov 12, 2009 • 15min
TIPS Overview and Strategies
In episode #022, Kenneth E. Volpert, CFA, discusses the following: TIPs mechanics -- Strategies used by active managers with TIPs -- Where are real rates versus history -- Inflation and TIPs performance outlook.