Monthly Archives: November 2010

Archives for November 2010

Alphabet Soup

Contributed by Scott M. Barbee, CPA, CFP®
November 20, 2010

Wikipedia defines a professional certification as a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task. Perhaps you have received a business card from someone with a slew of financial designations following his or her name. You might have been inclined to believe this person

The “Seersucker” Paradox

Contributed by Steve Condon, CFA
November 17, 2010

While policitical pundits and economic analysts are typically impressive in their knowledge and confident in their assessments, have you ever wondered if anyone is tracking the accuracy of their predictions? Philip Tetlock did. In fact, it led the professor of psychology to examine two decades of expert forecasts.