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Is This the End of Fractional Reserve Banking?
Switzerland’s Vollgeld “Full Money Initiative” I can pretty much guarantee you that the biggest story not being covered in the traditional business press right now is that Switzerland will hold a referendum to consider ending fractional reserve banking (!). Yes, you read that correctly. That paragon of the banking industry is voting on whether to deconstruct banking as it has been practiced for centuries. In case you cannot read German, let me share with you some of the details: Swiss law requires a popular referendum on any petition that...
read more26 January 2016: Canada’s Le Devoir covers lie detection research done by me at CFA Institute
Jason Apollo Voss, CFA’s lie detection research done with his academic partners is the subject of a Le Devoir article.
read more22 January 2016: Yahoo! Finance “Two methods to help investors catch lying companies”
Jason Apollo Voss, CFA talks to Yahoo! Finance about lie detection techniques for investors, both what works and what does not.
read more9 December 2015: US News and World Report – 5 Ways Active Managers Steer Mutual Funds Effectively
Jason Apollo Voss, CFA interviews with U.S. News and World Report about the value added by active investment managers.
read more20 November 2015: Fireside Markets Episode 13: Active, Passive, and Alpha with Jason Voss
Jason Apollo Voss, CFA discusses active management versus passive management for Fireside Markets.
read more19 November 2015: Globe and Mail – If you love a product, should you buy its stock?
Jason Apollo Voss, CFA discusses with Canada’s Globe and Mail whether or not you should buy a stock if you love the company’s product.
read more13 November 2015: Frontiers in Behavioral Finance presentation at 2015 Burridge Conference in Boulder, Colorado
Jason Apollo Voss, CFA delivers the presentation Frontiers in Behavioral Finance at the 2015 Burridge Conference in Boulder, Colorado.
read more5 November 2015: Meditation panel at 26th Annual Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing
Jason Apollo Voss, CFA to speak about meditation at the 26th Annual Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
read moreAlpha Wounds: Passive Management Is Not Passive
Alpha wounds are decisions made by the investment industry that hurt active investment managers. It is my belief that there is still plenty of alpha left to be harvested by discerning research analysts and portfolio managers. So far I have discussed the deleterious effects of managing to, rather than from, a benchmark; poor evaluative methodologies by investment industry adjuncts; and the poor diversification of the human resources portfolio at active management houses. This month I point out a fact hiding in plain sight: Passive management...
read more27 October 2015: Fund Forum USA: Are Consultants Hampering Active Management?
Are investment consultants hampering active investment managers? Jason Apollo Voss discusses at Fund Forum USA.
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