Top Five Articles from August: Growth vs. Value, Blockchain, Tax-Loss Harvesting

1. Tips for Aspiring Portfolio Managers

What makes a good fund manager? Clare Flynn Levy curates pointers from some of the investment industry’s top thought leaders.

2. Growth vs. Value: Waiting for GODOT

Is it time to start selling growth stocks and buying value stocks? Gautam Dhingra, PhD, CFA, shares his take.

3.  Tax-Loss Harvesting: Should Investors Believe the Hype?

There is no shortage of hypothetical performance claims that suggest tax-loss harvesting strategies will significantly boost an investor’s after-tax returns. David Allison, CFA, CIPM, says such claims should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism.

4.  Blockchain: A Progress Report

Critics of blockchain technology claim that it is too slow for financial transactions and that its consensus mechanism uses too much energy. In an interview with Larry Cao, CFA, Carl Wegner of the blockchain technology developer R3 paints a more encouraging picture.

5.  Watch the Leverage!

“We’re transitioning into a very delicate and challenging time for fixed-income investing,” Anne Walsh, CFA, told the audience at the 63rd Annual Financial Analysts Seminar. Julie Hammond, CFA, discusses Walsh’s insights.

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Paul McCaffrey

Paul McCaffrey is the editor of Enterprising Investor at CFA Institute. Previously, he served as an editor at the H.W. Wilson Company. His writing has appeared in Financial Planning and DailyFinance, among other publications. He holds a BA in English from Vassar College and an MA in journalism from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Journalism.