So you’re thinking about getting the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, a qualification that is sometimes viewed as one of the world’s toughest tests. Before you dive in, here are some interesting facts to...
It looks like “transitory retirement” has come to replace the idea of “transitory inflation“. For months, the Federal Reserve Bank in the US told us that the sharp pick-up in prices was a transitory...
Don’t get sucked in by the mission statement. Ignore the free lunches, the happy hour drinks, the fruit made available every Monday morning. The “shared vision” nonsense. Your employer is your employer. Your employer...
There’s nothing that screams wealth, sophistication, and exclusivity than the world of private banking. That’s kind of strange because there are far more smoke and mirrors than most outsiders actually realize. Yes, it’s a...
One of the biggest lies out there is the idea that we are in control of everything. That includes our careers. Yes, we can improve the odds of success in life. But the fallacy...
Let’s start with a definition for a single point of failure. In the words of Wikipedia, this is “a part of a system that, if it fails, will stop the entire system from working....
Females in finance face new challenges. Covid-19 has shaken up plenty of careers. It’s a stressful time for many. But the reality is the pandemic has amplified already-existing market distortions. Some are being more...
As interview questions go, “Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?” has become a standard in some quarters. It’s a template question, particularly for entry-level jobs. We’re all supposed to have a...
There has been plenty of tough viewing on television recently. Racism can manifest in the most ugly forms The senseless death of George Floyd, and the subsequent fallout, has put our worlds into sharper...
When the Cold War ended at the end of the 1980s, the US military faced a new predicament. For decades the world had been broadly split between two conflicting countries and ideologies: the Soviet...
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