The Chart Room

The start of 2014 has been rough for Emerging Markets. This recent article in The Atlantic, however, paints a more hopeful picture of the future as millions of people head for the polls in their respective countries and push for a brighter destiny.
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More for our Downton Abbey followers…this Washington Post article looks at the 20th century economics of Downton and finds striking comparisons with our 21st century society.
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Emerging Markets have made headlines this month. In this article, the Financial Times offers valuable insight to steer through choppy waters.
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Thoughts about the recent Emerging Markets sell-off from investment experts Mark Mobius and Jim O’Neil. Could this present a buying opportunity?
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Calling all Downton Abbey fans….come explore the financial world of the Crawley family and learn about the impact of estate planning on their lives.
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We invite you to explore the websites of Eugene Fama, 2013 Nobel Prize Winner and Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago and Kenneth French, Roth Family Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Both men are on the Board of Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) and collaborated to create the Fama-French Three Factor Model, a measurement of market return.
Eugene F Fama Website
Kenneth R. French Website

Carl Richards looks at the meaning of randomness in life and finance.
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The WSJ reviews a book by Gordon Murray, an experienced investment banker who is diagnosed with a terminal brain cancer.
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Index Funds, Dowdy to Some, Get a Notable Endorsement Burton Malkiel, author of “A Random Walk Down Wall Street” and professor of economics at Princeton University shares his thoughts about the future of index funds and asset allocation.
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