Description: Describes progress of the 134 portfolios entered in the 2016 contest. Categories are: Create Alpha, Accumulation, and Drawdown.

Description: This article explains the 2009 changes to the Global Credit Default Swap contract and North American conventions. It is reprinted with permission from The Markit Magazine.

Description: Municipal Reinvestment Contracts by Victor Modugno from Risks and Rewards Newsletter, September 2000, Issue No. 35.

Description: This 2001 article warns against the risks of investing in an IPO, particularly in light of recent history.

Description: The author notes that equity investment management is often classified into a number of different styles, the simplest being growth and value. In discussing both approaches the author also brings in the concept of momentum and concludes that momentum should be an additional parameter reviewed in the investment decision.

Description: Hedge funds have grown tremendously over the last few years and will continue to grow, with invested assets currently being estimated at well over $1 trillion worldwide. The author concludes “I do strongly believe that the contradictory philosophies of traditional investment management versus hedge funds have to be carefully considered, reflected upon and evaluated ...”

Description: Article, Swaps and the Swaps Yield Curve by Joseph G. Haubrich, reprinted with permission. From Risks and Rewards, February 2004, Issue No. 44. This article was originally published in Economic Commentary in December 2001. Reprinted with permission.