Member-Organized

December’s selection is The Fear Index by Robert Harris. From the publisher: “High-tech finance and sophisticated computer programming combine in this terrifying and fiendishly smart thriller.”  This novel tells the story of a secretive researcher who uses artificial intelligence to predict movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. Join your CFAW peers to discuss…

The Women's Investment Network (WIN) invites you to a virtual member-organized event on November 18, 2021, from 6 to 7 PM ET. The featured speaker is Ms. Christine Benz, director of personal finance and retirement planning for Morningstar. She will delve into women's income and wealth versus men's, how/whether women invest differently than men, and…

Join Level 2 CFA Program candidates for a member-organized CFA Exam Study Group! Esref, the study group coordinator, has prepared a few slides to review & virtually discuss the Level 2 reading material below. Study Group Topic: Reading 16 – Analysis of Financial Institutions RSVP to Esref Mehmet Goksu & attend via Google Meet!  

Join Level 2 CFA Program candidates for a member-organized CFA Exam Study Group! Esref, the study group coordinator, has prepared a few slides to review & virtually discuss the Level 2 reading material below. Study Group Topic: Reading 15 – Multinational Operations RSVP to Esref Mehmet Goksu & attend via Google Meet!

Join Level 2 CFA Program candidates for a member-organized CFA Exam Study Group! Esref, the study group coordinator, has prepared a few slides to review & virtually discuss the Level 2 reading material below. Study Group Topic: Reading 14 - Employee Compensation: Post- Employment and Share-Based RSVP to Esref Mehmet Goksu & attend via Google Meet!  

October’s book club selection is The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman. From the publisher: “Drawing on unprecedented access to Simons and dozens of current and former employees, Zuckerman tells the gripping story of how a world-class mathematician and former code breaker mastered the market. Simons…

Join Level 2 CFA Program candidates for a member-organized CFA Exam Study Group! Esref, the study group coordinator, has prepared a few slides to review & virtually discuss the Level 2 reading material below. Study Group Topic: Reading 13 - Intercorporate Investments RSVP to Esref Mehmet Goksu & attend via Google Meet!

August's book club selection is An Economist Walks Into A Brothel (And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk) by Allison Schrager. The author equips readers with five principles for dealing with risk, principles used by some of the world’s most interesting risk takers, including a professional poker player, a paparazzo in Manhattan, horse breeders in Kentucky,…

Come connect and reconnect with fellow WIN members at this month's virtual happy hour where our featured speaker, Nancy Davis, will discuss how monetary policy could better support fiscal policy to speed up the recovery. She will also share her views on how to close the wealth gap and address other topics, such as inflation…

May’s book club selection is Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World by Tom Burgis. Named as a notable book of 2020 by The Economist and The Washington Post, Kleptopia weaves together four globe-spanning stories of corruption tied to the world’s most powerful dictatorships. Is this connection between money, violence, and kleptocracy unavoidable? Join us…

Introducing an exciting new Member-Organized Event Series featuring informational interviews with various small business entrepreneurs. This second installation will feature two start-up entrepreneurs: Jeff Mullen, Founder of Driver One Inc., and Andrew Cross, Co-Founder of HotBox Pools. Jeff will discuss technology needs behind building an app or website for a small business and Andrew will…

Join CFAW's Member Engagement Committee for a free, brief, informal kick-off session discussing the 4th Annual Investment Selection Contest! Learn how to sign up for CFAW's Investment Selection Contest, create an alias to disguise your portfolio selections, and ask any questions about the competition. We want to see how you can grow $1,000,000 fictional seed…