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CFA Institute Enterprising Investor
The Enchiridion, a manual of ethical advice by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, begins with a simple distinction:
“Some things are up to us and some are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions — in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not our own doing.”
Those things that fall into the first category are “free” in Epictetus’s view, while those in the second are “enslaved.” If we understand how to distinguish between the two, we can free ourselves from wasted time and energy.
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CFA Society Chicago
Join us for the renowned 62nd Annual Financial Analysts Seminar (FAS) on 24-27 July 2017 at the University of Chicago's Gleacher Center. Internationally-recognized as one of the most comprehensive continuing professional development programs for global investors, the FAS offers engaging lectures, small classroom discussions, and interactive case studies on a wide range of timely investment topics.
CFA Society Chicago members can save $350.
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CFA Society Chicago
Special situations are corporate actions which could reveal an undervalued security and hence an investment opportunity. Some examples of Special Situations are spinoffs, liquidations, tender offers, restructurings, bankruptcy exits etc. In the Special Situations Research Forum we will discuss an investment situation decided 3 weeks in advance. Every participant in the Forum is expected to research the topic before attending the meeting.
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CFA Society Chicago
The Investment Exchange Forum is a stock-picking meeting of 10-15 CFA Chicago members. Each meeting features actionable ideas by presenting volunteers and a lively discussion of the topic at hand. The IEF is both an opportunity to learn how others present investment ideas concisely and a chance to practice stock pitches. In order to keep the quality of the stock picks as high as possible, we encourage attendance by members who are actively involved in investment management.
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CBS News
Illinois residents may feel some solidarity with the likes of Puerto Rico and Detroit.
A financial crunch is spiraling into a serious problem for Illinois lawmakers, prompting some observers to wonder if the state might make history by becoming the first to go bankrupt. At the moment, it's impossible for a state to file for bankruptcy protection, which is only afforded to counties and municipalities like Detroit.
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Built In Chicago
For small businesses in highly scrutinized industries like financial services, keeping up with regulatory requirements can be a full-time job — and then some.
Ascent, a Chicago-based regulatory technology company has built a platform that employs machine learning and domain-specific artificial intelligence to help firms navigate that complexity.
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The Associated Press via Chicago Sun-Times
During the two-and-a-half years Illinois has gone without a state budget, the previously little-known office of comptroller has had the unenviable job of essentially sitting at the kitchen table trying to figure out how to pay the bills.
Like any household, there are some items that must be paid first. A mix of state law, court orders and pressure from credit rating agencies requires Illinois to make its debt and pension payments, for example, and issue state worker paychecks and some money for schools.
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Reuters
U.S. stocks were higher in early afternoon trading on Monday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting record highs as technology stocks rebounded after recent losses.
The S&P technology sector .SPLRCT is coming off its second straight weekly decline, triggered by fears of stretched valuations and investors moving money to other sectors. Tech stocks have led the S&P 500's 9.4 percent rally this year.
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Investopedia
The hedge fund industry has suffered another significant blow, as pension funds in both Illinois and New York report that they are trimming their investments in the area. The Illinois State Board of Investment and the New York State Common Retirement Fund have both cut back significantly on their hedge fund allocations, according to a report by Bloomberg. Neither of these two funds is the first to make a move like this: Rhode Island, New Jersey, and other major pension funds have all either cut back on their hedge fund bets or eliminated hedge funds from their pools entirely in recent months.
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Chicago Tribune
Taking on Amazon seems foolhardy these days. The company is expanding so fast that it could gobble up more than half of online retail sales in the U.S. by 2021, according to brokerage firm Needham & Co. Yet even with Amazon raking in sales, some big retail chains are flourishing. One of the most successful is Costco Wholesale, which has homed in on a surprisingly effective way to keep Amazon at bay: selling food.
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Bloomberg
Few would argue with the stated mission of The Academy Group: to educate, mentor and find jobs for underprivileged youth.
But along the way, the Chicago non-profit is also doing something a bit less lofty -- helping Wall Street sell collateralized loan obligations, a cousin of those complex debt instruments that went horribly wrong during the 2008 financial crisis.
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