Enterprising Investor

Formerly Guiding Assets, Enterprising Investor is the flagship podcast of CFA Institute and the definitive program for the investment management industry. As stewards of the investment industry, Guiding Assets will feature intimate conversations with some of the most influential people from the world of finance about the topics that matter most to investment professionals. The show will also share crucial insights and best practices to help guide investors to make smart, ethical decisions. Enterprising Investor will continue to help build a better world for investors.

Host: Mike Wallberg, CFA

Producer: Mitchell Forst

Investing Lessons from Warren Buffett to the Great Literary Detectives

Dec 30, 2020

Investing Lessons from Warren Buffett to the Great Literary Detectiv

Episode #443. Robert G. Hagstrom, CFA, senior portfolio manager at EquityCompass and author of the New York Times bestseller "The Warren Buffett Way," discusses his writing process, managing high active share portfolios, and hiring and firing portfolio...

How AI and Neuroscience Can Reduce Bias in Hiring

Dec 16, 2020

Episode #442. Dr. Frida Polli, CEO and co-founder of pymetrics, a company that uses neuroscience and AI to improve the accuracy, fairness, and diversity of hiring, discusses how hiring is broken and why soft skills are key for accurate and fair talent matching.

Geopolitical Alpha: A Framework for Investors

Dec 9, 2020

Episode #441. Marko Papic, a partner and chief strategist at Clocktower Group and author of Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future, takes listeners on a geopolitical tour that starts with his constraints-based framework and continues through the recent US presidential election to US-China...

Big Tech and the Antitrust Threat: What History Can Teach Us

Dec 2, 2020

Episode #440. It has been 20 years since the last major antitrust case in the US, and with the recent bi-partisan investigation, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook are now seemingly in the government’s crosshairs. Join us with founder of SGH Wealth Management’s Sam G. Huszczo, CFA, CFP as we explore the historical...

What Constitutes an “A” Rated Pension System?

Nov 30, 2020

In episode #439, David Knox, senior partner at Mercer Australia and the lead author of the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index, discusses the characteristics that make up a good pension system.