

CFA Society Chicago
CFA Society Chicago
CFA Society Chicago is proud to present a podcast where Society Members will be hosting discussions on a range of topics related to the investment industry. Hear from leading industry experts on a variety of investment topics including equity and fixed income analysis, portfolio allocation, ESG investing, venture capital and private equity, and much more. Tune in to hear Society Members pick the brains of leading industry professionals at www.cfasocietychicago.org.
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Jul 20, 2023 • 50min
Macro Matters - The AI revolution & what CFA members need to know - Volume 7, July 19, 2023
Monique Thanos is back and joins Tony Zhang and Rich Excell to talk about AI and what investors need to know. What are the risks? What are the opportunities? How should you approach AI as investors?

Jun 29, 2023 • 54min
Macro Matters - Fed continued hawkishness impact on markets - Volume 6, 2023
Tony Zhang and Rich Excell discuss recent Fed official comments, how the market is re-pricing this hawkishness, whether policy is diverging at the major central banks and where the risks may be in the markets. Sometimes it is a market of stocks, and sometimes it is a stock market

Jun 4, 2023 • 37min
Macro Matters - Debt Ceiling Discussion - Volume 5, 2023
Monique Thanos, Tony Zhang and RIch Excell are back in the latest Macro Matters. This week they discuss the recently concluded debt ceiling discussion. Now that the bill has passed, is the market out of the woods? Or is the hard part only about to begin. Check it out

May 10, 2023 • 41min
Macro Matters - Financial Condtions - Volume 4 5/10/23
Monique Thanos, Tony Zhang and Rich Excell are back after a little break and talking about financial conditions. Breaking down the index into its component parts - Fed policy, corporate bond spreads, exchange rates and equities - they look at what the path going forward could be for financial conditions and what this means for the outlook to various asset markets

Mar 23, 2023 • 45min
Macro Matters - Reaction to the March FOMC meeting - 2023, Volume 3
Monique Thanos, PhD, CFA, Tony Zhang, PhD, CFA and Rich Excell, CFA, CMT, discuss what happened in the March FOMC meeting. What were the reactions in the short-term interest rate market, the futures market and the equity market. How is the banking crisis impacting Fed policy and what questions should CFA members be asking right now.

Mar 7, 2023 • 36min
Macro Matters - Crypto, AI and emerging technologies - 2023, Volume 2
In this episode, Monique Thanos, PhD, CFA, Tony Zhang, PhD, CFA and Rich Excell, CFA, CMT discuss the cryptocurrency market, emerging technologies and AI. They look at the problems that have occured in crypto, what that means for investors, what that means for investors and what that may mean going forward.

Feb 24, 2023 • 51min
Antti Ilmanen – Expected Returns
CFA Society Chicago member Dan Grana, CFA, talks with Antti Ilmanen, Principal and Global Co-head of the Portfolio Solutions Group at AQR Capital Management, about his recent book "Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least."

Feb 21, 2023 • 33min
Macro Matters - Inflation, economy and FOMC impact on the market - 2023 Volume 1
Monique Thanos, Tony Zhang and Rich Excell, all CFA Charterholders and members of the CFA Society Chicago, get together to talk about inflation, the economy, FOMC policy and the impact on markets. It's been a few months since we got together so we managed to pack a lot in!

Dec 18, 2022 • 45min
Investment Exchange Forum - Japan and China economies in 2023
Investment Exchange Forum – Japan and China economies in 2023 CFA Society Chicago member Rich Excell, CFA talks with Lyric Hughes Hale, Editor-in-Chief of EconVue and host of the Hale Report podcast, about the events in China and Japan, the collapse of cryptocurrency, and how all of this can shape the global economy in 2023 Connect with Rich on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/richexcellcfa/ and find his blog posts here - https://www.cmegroup.com/newsletters/excell-with-options-report-from-rich-excell.html & stayvigilant.substack.com/ Connect with Lyric on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyric-hughes-hale-4919337/ and at https://econvue.com/

Oct 26, 2022 • 43min
Investment Exchange Forum – Sorting through US election issues with Donald Schneider
CFA Society Chicago member Rich Excell, CFA and Donald Schneider, the Deputy Head of US Policy at Piper Sandler, look at the upcoming US elections. What are the key issues that voters care about? What are the polls indicating? Importantly, what do we as investors need to know about what can change after the elections? Connect with Rich on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/richexcellcfa/ and find his blog posts here - https://www.cmegroup.com/newsletters/excell-with-options-report-from-rich-excell.html & Stay Vigilant | Richard Excell | Substack Connect with Donald on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/donald-schneider-56a0585b/ Piper Sander - https://www.pipersandler.com/


