Programs & Education

The recent IPO surge of special-purpose acquisition company (SPACs) is an important market development.  While the SPAC vehicle is not new, SPAC IPOs now comprise the majority of U.S. IPOs. The explosive growth continued into early 2021 and has raised concerns about whether the mania is reaching bubble proportions and whether disclosure and marketing practices offer adequate protections to…

Some are comparing the legalization of cannabis to the end of Prohibition and there is no shortage of large and small green entrepreneurs racing to claim their stake in what Grand View Research estimates to be a $66 billion industry by the year 2025. However, are the people, the local, state and federal governments and…

A basic premise of active management is that with enough skill, it’s possible to outperform the market consistently. Historical data, however, do not support this view, and the index fund industry has grown and prospered as a result. This program will discuss some of the reasons why active management has been historically difficult and offer…

Is it a currency? Is it a commodity? Does it contain an embedded store of value? Who is really controlling it? There are many questions floating around about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Etherium and Litecoin as well as the platforms where they trade. As the public has experienced FOMO (fear of missing out) from observing the…

Join CFAW for a live webinar discussion with Joyce Chang, one of Wall Street’s best-known analysts. Ms. Chang is ranked by American Banker as one of the most powerful women in finance. Joyce will discuss how she navigated her career path and give an update on the markets and what is next for investors in…

Please join us on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 to gain a better understanding of the potential expected returns, and risks, of investing in the various energy markets. Learn what investors should expect with the recent political changes in the U.S. 2020 was a year that brought extraordinary challenges. The pandemic and subsequent economic crisis caused unprecedented disruption…

Clients mentally leave their financial professionals months before their money does. This is how those financial professionals might win them back while they still have time. Losing a top client is never a pleasant experience. Worse still, research shows that 72.2%1 of financial professionals lose one top client per year. This makes everyone have to…

In this workshop, we'll discuss CFA Institute's ethical-decision making framework and new real-world scenarios to challenge your ethics. Expand on what you learned in the July workshop, or join us for the very first time. Together, let’s explore “how to do the right thing even if no one is watching." Can ethics be dangerous to your career?…

These are indeed interesting times - a global pandemic, unprecedented monetary and fiscal response, uncertainty at home and abroad and a new administration. Join CFAW as we explore what economic trends might be in store for the US and global economies in 2021 as we try to end the Covid-19 pandemic and get back to…

The business of financial advice is evolving quickly as commoditized products and portfolios are yielding to increasingly comprehensive planning solutions and beyond. As advisors struggle to define and defend their value, the effort to deepen and broaden client relationships implicates the need to transform the core insights of behavioral finance from academic to practical. Well…

The US and global consumer sectors of the economy and stock markets continue to be surprisingly strong despite the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. As evident in March 2020, the markets can still drop, and all future projections can change on a dime due to real current events or even fears of a COVID-19 shutdown. An additional…

U.S. Healthcare equities are consistently one of the most volatile sectors during every Presidential election cycle due to uncertainty about changes in health care policy. This trend is even more pronounced in the 2020 cycle as the healthcare sector now represents the second largest in the S&P500 just behind technology. Further, the current environment has…