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CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor
The S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index returned a cumulative 25.4 percent over the three years ending Oct. 31, more than doubling the 10.8 percent cumulative return offered by bonds as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
Yield-hungry investors helped drive these returns by pouring money into preferred stock index funds.
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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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CFA Society Chicago
Looking to change jobs or be more proactive in managing your career? Maybe you're frustrated with your current job search or are wondering why you haven't received a promotion you believe you deserve. No matter what your job status is, everyone should have a current resume, brand statement, know what their strengths are and be able to confidently about themselves and have a plan.
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At Illinois Tech's Stuart School of Business, our quant-focused, tech-driven graduate programs are designed to give you the competitive edge you need to advance your career. Join us at our downtown campus for the Graduate Information Session & Reception on November 15 to explore part- and full-time degree programs. Register now.
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A modern cloud platform. What if your cloud was truly personalized to your business? What if it seamlessly connected your entire organization from anywhere and from any device? What if you were confident that your cloud data was more secure than ever? It can be with Oracle’s modern cloud.
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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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Bloomberg
Global stocks rallied with commodities and Mexico’s peso on speculation Hillary Clinton’s chances of a U.S. election victory increased after the FBI said her handling of e-mails wasn’t a crime. Demand for haven assets waned, with high-quality government bonds, the yen and gold retreating.
Both the MSCI All Country World Index and S&P 500 Index were set for their biggest gains since June and European shares climbed from a four-month low as Clinton is seen by investors as the more predictable candidate.
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The Bond Buyer
Chicago's proposed $8.2 billion 2017 budget won the Civic Federation of Chicago's endorsement in recognition of the city's progress in tackling pension funding shortfalls and shedding poor financial practices.
But the civic research group's support came with a list of concerns, and warnings that the city has yet to emerge from the fiscal weeds that dragged its ratings down as low as junk.
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Reuters
U.S. short-term interest rates futures fell on Monday as Wall Street jumped after the FBI said Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would not face formal charges after a review of recently found emails.
Renewed focus on Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state had led traders to downgrade her chances to win the White House in Tuesday's election.
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Bloomberg
New Jersey became the state with the worst-funded public pension system in the U.S. in 2015, followed closely by Kentucky and Illinois.
The Garden State had $135.7 billion less than it needs to cover all the benefits that have been promised, a $22.6 billion increase over the prior year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Illinois’s unfunded pension liabilities rose to $119.1 billion from $111.5 billion.
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Barron's
Underfunded pensions funds have been a big problem for many cities and towns and in many cases, pension deficits are getting worse. The solutions for many local government has been a borrow-to-fund approach.
Now, according to a report from Moody’s Investors Service, local government’s balance sheet pension burdens have risen to historically high levels.
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Pensions & Investments
Interest in responsible investing continues to expand, but questions persist about whether pursuing environmental, social and governance goals requires sacrificing performance. Recent research by TIAA on the performance of responsible investing indexes, however, found no systematic performance penalty over the long term. Moreover, incorporating ESG criteria in security selection did not appear to increase risk.
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Crain's Chicago Business
Wealthy former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg again is investing a chunk of his fortune in a hot Chicago-area issue — this time, a proposed tax on soda pop and other sugary drinks in Cook County.
Bloomberg today is launching a $1 million TV ad blitz in the Chicago media market on behalf of the tax, which Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says is needed to avoid layoffs of law enforcement personnel and others in county government.
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