Enterprising Investor

In episode #050, Dan Ariely discusses Behavioral Economics vs. Rational Economics and the future directions of economic research.

In episode #042, Tim Jenkinson discusses the drying up of bank financing, difficulty in exiting investments, and the shift in balance of power within the private equity asset class.

In episode #049, Mark Armbruster, CFA, discusses what makes ETFs different from mutual funds and the advantages and disadvantages of ETFs.

In episode #048, Noël Amenc discusses current private wealth management practices and how they can take into account a client's specific concerns regarding risk management, spending objectives, and time horizon.

In episode #047, Stuart Lucas, CFA, discusses the wealth strategist and strategic wealth management principles applicable in the European and Asian contexts.

In episode #045,François Lhabitant discusses if it is possible to prevent another Madoff-like scandal by means of better due diligence.

In episode #041,Felix Goltz discusses why cap-weighted equity benchmarks are not risk–return efficient portfolios and alternatives to current cap-weighted equity benchmarks.

In episode #040, Harold Evensky discusses how behavioral biases affect individual decision making and techniques for illustrating these behavior patterns to clients.

In episode #039, Randy Appleyard discusses the landscape of non-agency MBS after the financial crisis and how mortgage finance will evolve in the future.

In episode #038, Bernd Scherer discusses sovereign wealth funds (SWF) sourced by oil revenue and the impact uncertainty of oil reserves has on asset allocation by SWFs.