This month's Member Focus features CFA Boston member Catherine Ryan, CFA. Cathie operates an independent RIA Firm, Cedar Rock Investment Advisors. 

 

Learn more about Cathie's career path, her current responsibilities, and her CFA Boston membership experiences. 

                                                      

                 Cathie Ryan's Member Focus

George R. Hoguet, CFA, FRM, Immediate Past CFA Society Boston Chair, recently reviewed Richard Bookstaber's book, The End of Theory -- Financial Crises, The Failure of Economics and the Sweep of Human Interaction. 

In the review, which recently appeared in  the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum September Bulletin, Hoguet posits that  Bookstaber argues that the assumptions on which neo-classical economics are built are not robust, and break down in  financial  crises. He advocates an Agent Based Modelling approach. Hoguet did not find his argument fully developed or  convincing, but recommends this book to anyone interested in financial markets and thinking about the next crisis.

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We're pleased to welcome Caitlin Goudreau, our new Events and Online Community Manager. Prior to joining us in September, she worked for the CAIA Association as the Chapter Relations Associate coordinating Chapter events for the Americas and Europe. While at CAIA, she worked globally with Chapter Executive volunteers, oversaw the AMS transition to a new events platform and developed the Intern Program. Caitlin also volunteers for Camp Casco as the Director of Marketing, a nonprofit camp for kids with cancer, and manages a year-round volunteer team. She received her BS in Business Management and BFA in Graphic Design from Bridgewater State in 2014.

After years of ZIRP (zero interest rate policy), what will be the path to interest rate normalization? Is the future neutral rate likely to be lower given issues such as aging populations, globalization, technology disrupters, and the debt supercycle? Do investment managers need to be more flexible? 

 
See leading practitioners navigate what's happening in global bond markets, take a closer look at growth in developed and emerging economies, and discover where leading investors are finding opportunities, value, and protection against uncertainty.

  

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