November Newsletter
Finance Forecasting Challenge launches today
The Finance Forecasting Challenge hosted by the CFA Societies of the Western US helps professionals like you become better decision makers while sharpening forecasting skills in a fun and interactive way. In this free online challenge based on the principles of the popular book " Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction ," participants respond to 30 questions related to finance, economics, geo-politics and other related topics over the course of a year, vying for spots on the on-going leaderboard.

What you get:
  • Name recognition among peers
  • Continue your professional development and learning
  • Network with other professionals and CFA charterholders

Get involved
CFA Society Idaho is one of 22 societies participating in the challenge. To get started, visit goodjudgment.com/cfa/ to register. For more information, visit Good Judgment Open. The competition begins today.

For more information, email Jim Steele.
RSVP for Pension Partners lunch and Steelheads holiday social
Michael Gayed, Co-Portfolio Manager & Chief Investment Strategist at Pension Partners, will present on predicting stock market corrections and volatility at our next lunch. He will be providing us with an update on his research. The lunch will be on Thursday, November 8, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Cottonwood Grille (at the corner of 9th Street and River Street). Lunch is provided at no cost to members and a guest. Please RSVP to cfasocietyofidaho@gmail.com by Monday, November 5.

We will be holding our holiday social at the Idaho Steelheads hockey game on Wednesday, December 12. The event will be catered with food and beverages in the suite. There is no cost for members and a guest. Please RSVP to cfasocietyofidaho@gmail.com .
Calendar
November 2: Finance Forecasting Challenge launches
November 8: Lunch - Pension Partners (11:45 a.m. at the Cottonwood Grille)
December 12: Steelheads holiday party
January 17: Save the date for the annual CFA Society Idaho economic forecast dinner (details to come)
Links
Mainstreaming Sustainable Investing Research
The CFA Institute Research Foundation just published a Brief on Mainstreaming Sustainable Investing in partnership with CFA Society Boston, which has been running sustainable investing seminars for five years. The report is available here.