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Performance Measurement Tips From a Fractional CFO

Beacon CFO Plus

by Rob Joseph, Director, BeaconCFO Plus Leading Your Company to Growth Performance measurement plays a significant role in driving a company’s growth and success. When you provide constructive feedback, you can help your employees feel a sense of ownership. Foster a culture of accountability.

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Tariffs and Returns: Lessons from 150 Years of Market History

CFA Institute

Additionally, Hunstad assists with the development of investment vision, strategy, portfolio construction, and risk management framework for the firm’s broad investment platform. In this capacity, he leads the firm’s efforts in advancing quantitative factor research and investment strategies.

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From Equities to Real Assets: Key Trends Shaping Multi-Asset Investment

CFA Institute

Multi-asset managers need a reliable, data-driven foundation for constructing portfolios that are not only diversified but also aligned with global economic trends.

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How Sharp Is the Sharpe Ratio? An Analysis of Global Stock Indices

CFA Institute

To test the Sharpe Ratio’s effectiveness, we constructed monthly return distributions for global stock market indices to see if any had too much skewness.

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A US GDP-Weighted Index?

CFA Institute

How would an index constructed at the US country level that weights holdings by each sector's underlying GDP compare to the S&P 500 in terms of risk and performance?

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Commodities for the Long Run?

CFA Institute

There, he developed asset allocation programs for plan providers, plan sponsors, and money management companies, working with clients to create and manage custom target date glidepaths, select appropriate asset classes, and construct model portfolios. Previously, he worked as a defined contribution manager at Hewitt Associates.

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Investing in the Age of Engagement

CFA Institute

Heather Brilliant, CFA, defines engagement as “proactively, constructively, and collaboratively engaging with the management teams of the companies in which we invest.”.