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CFA Society Chicago — 200 episodes

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Macro Matters - Trump & Xi meeting

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Macro Matters - April month-end version

3

Macro Matters - Is the market macro?

4

Macro Matters - it's no April Fools, the Iran War is all that matters right now

5

Macro Matters - is it too oily?

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Macro Matters - why is everyone so negative?

7

Macro Matters - Monday February 9 - is the AI trade over? Is the market doomed?

8

Macro Matters - Kicking off 2026!

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Macro Matters - post FOMC show - last one for 2025!

10

Macro Matters - AI, job losses, rate cuts & affordability

11

Macro Matters - is the equity market too pessimistic?

12

Macro Matters - Oct 22: growth, earnings, oil and inflation

13

Macro Matters - October 3, 2025 - is it that easy?

14

Macro Matters - it's going to happen, so what?

15

Macro Matters - the Fed is going to cut, but should it?

16

Macro Matters - post FOMC, pre NFP

17

Macro Matters - is there any inflation and what will the Fed do about it?

18

Macro Matters - rate cuts & Treasury demand

19

Private Asset Performance: the Latest Academic Research

20

Macro Matters - back after a long break

21

Macro Matters - Easter Monday update

22

Investment Exchange Forum - recapping the 2025 Investment Themes & discussing future events

23

Investment Exchange Forum - Investment Themes for 2025 - Convexitas' Zed Francis

24

Macro Matters - Liberation Day!

25

Investment Exchange Forum - 2025 Investment Themes - economic forecast

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Investment Exchange Forum - 2025 Investment Themes - Geopolitics

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Investment Exchange Forum - 2025 Investment Themes - Equity markets

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Investment Exchange Forum - 2025 Investment Themes - Fixed Income

29

Macro Matters - this is not about Nvidia ...

30

Investment Exchange Forum - 2025 Investment Themes - Commodities

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Macro Matters - First one for 2025, it's all about the bonds

32

CFA Society Chicago Macro Matters - equity market thoughts heading into 2025

33

Macro Matters Barry Knapp - What's going on in the bond market?

34

Macro Matters - post election, post FOMC recap

35

Macro Matters - Is it really all about TINA? Special Guest Mr. Risk!

36

Macro Matters - China!

37

Power Auctions with the Electric Power Supply Association's CEO Todd Snitchler

38

Macro Matters - immediate reaction to September FOMC meeting

39

Macro Matters podcast September 4, 2024

40

Macro Matters - recapping a crazy 10 days

41

Investment Exchange Forum: India - Elections, Modi, and the investment landscape

42

Macro Matters - it's been a little while

43

Investment Exchange Forum: Cannabis - is it time to revisit?

44

Macro Matters podcast June 14, 2024

45

Macro Matters - May 21, 2024 - investor sentiment

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Macro Matters - May 8, 2024 - its still all about the Fed

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Macro Matters - April 22, 2024 - what's going on out there?

48

Investment Exchange Forum - QQQ - 25 years later

49

Macro Matters - March 18 - Fed preview: inflation, commodities, yields & market pricing

50

Investment Exchange Forum - Private Credit Series - Views of a multi-strat investor

51

Macro Matters podcast - yield curve, Fed expectations, Crypto, earnings and factors!

52

Investing in US Financial History with Mark Higgins Podcast Part 2

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Macro Matters - yield curve, Fed expectations, inflation and more

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Investing in US Financial History with Mark Higgins Podcast Part 1

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Macro Matters podcast - Feb 5, 2024

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Macro Matters - Jan 22, 2024 - covering lots of current topics

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Ana Marshall – "The Climb to Investment Excellence" at the Hewlett Foundation

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Macro Matters podcast - Jan 8, 2024 - cryptocurrencies

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Macro Matters podcast – a crazy couple of weeks to end a crazy year

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Investment Exchange Forum - Private Credit series - Middle-market Financing

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Investment Exchange Forum - Private Credit Series - asset-based finance

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Macro Matters podcast– what is going on with this risk asset rally?

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Investment Exchange Forum - Private Credit Series - Direct Lending

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William Fitzpatrick CFA & Gautam Dhingra, PhD, CFA

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Investment Exchange Forum - Private Credit Series - Opportunistic investing

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Investment Exchange Forum - Private Credit Series - an investment overview

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Macro Matters - the bond vigilantes return - Volume 9, October 5, 2023

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Macro Matters - Rates, dollar, earnings and performance - Volume 8, August 1, 2023

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Macro Matters - The AI revolution & what CFA members need to know - Volume 7, July 19, 2023

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Macro Matters - Fed continued hawkishness impact on markets - Volume 6, 2023

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Macro Matters - Debt Ceiling Discussion - Volume 5, 2023

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Macro Matters - Financial Condtions - Volume 4 5/10/23

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Macro Matters - Reaction to the March FOMC meeting - 2023, Volume 3

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Macro Matters - Crypto, AI and emerging technologies - 2023, Volume 2

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Antti Ilmanen – Expected Returns

76

Macro Matters - Inflation, economy and FOMC impact on the market - 2023 Volume 1

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Investment Exchange Forum - Japan and China economies in 2023

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Investment Exchange Forum – Sorting through US election issues with Donald Schneider

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Investment Exchange Forum - China today with Reva Goujon

80

Investment Exchange Forum – Looking through the tail risks in the market with Mr. Risk

81

Investment Exchange Forum – The macroeconomic outlook for the coming quarter and year

82

Investment Exchange Forum – Moving from TradFi to DeFi – Lessons Learned

83

Investment Exchange Forum – Real Estate Market Trends

84

Investment Exchange Forum – Venture Capital

85

Macro Matters Series – Cannabis

86

Investment Exchange Forum – Private Markets

87

Investment Exchange Forum – NLP Techniques for Investing

88

Macro Matters Series – Stablecoins: Does a Crypto Crash Create a Crisis?

89

Investment Exchange Forum – The Changing Face of Wealth Management and the Challenges Advisors Face

90

Investment Exchange Forum – Thematic Investing

91

Strategy in Investing

92

Macro Matters Series - Is Duration Durable or Doomed?

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"Asset allocation for an ESG world"

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Investment Exchange Forum – Natural Language Processing (NLP)

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Macro Matters Series – Yield Curve Inversion: Diversion or Submersion?

96

Space Industry

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Equity Duration

98

Investment Exchange Forum – The Future of Inflation

99

Investment Exchange Forum – Self-Directed IRAs

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Investment Exchange Forum – Real Estate

101

Macro Matters Series – The Role of Crypto in the Ukrainian Crisis

102

Investment Exchange Forum – Behavioral Finance

103

Macro Matters Series – Value & Growth

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Investing Decisions in Insurance

105

NFTs

106

Macro Matters Series – Geopolitics and the Energy Markets

107

Investment Exchange Forum – ESG Investing

108

Investment Exchange Forum – Inflation & Asset Allocations

109

Investment Exchange Forum – Risk Management in Commodity Trading & Investing

110

Macro Matters Series – Interest Rates, Fiscal Policy, and Inflation

111

Investment Exchange Forum – Inflation & the Equity Market

112

Macro Matters Series – Lessons from 2021 Events and a 2022 Outlook

113

Investment Exchange Forum – Supply Chain Issues

114

Investment Exchange Forum – Inflation

115

Macro Matters Series – Alternative Data

116

Investment Exchange Forum – Enron 20 years on, thoughts from the inside

117

Fintech in Today's Economy

118

Macro Matters Series - The Coronavirus

119

What is the Connection Between Economic Growth & Equity Returns?

120

Macro Matters Series - Inflation

121

Industry Insights with Heather Brilliant, CFA

122

Investment Exchange Forum – "Disunited Nations" and Economic Change

123

Investment Exchange Forum – Risk in the Chinese Economy

124

Investment Exchange Forum – Asian Crypto Ecosystem

125

Investment Exchange Forum – Climate Change & Investing

126

Investing in China – What Has Changed? with Brendan Ahern & Brett Bina, CFA, CAIA

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Industry Insights with Michael Falk, CFA

128

Investment Exchange Forum – Alternative Data

129

The Syndicated Loan Market

130

Investment Exchange Forum – Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & Regulation

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Investment Exchange Forum – Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & Macroeconomics

132

Investment Exchange Forum – Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & the Bearish Outlook

133

Investment Exchange Forum – Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & TradFi: A View from the Buyside

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Commodity Investing with John Reese

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Investment Exchange Forum – Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & Investing Opportunities

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Investment Exchange Forum – Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & Disruption

137

Investment Exchange Forum – Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Cryptocurrencies

138

Investment Exchange Forum – Decentralized Finance (DeFi): New Ventures and Investing in the Blockchain Ecosystem

139

Investment Exchange Forum – Stakeholder vs. Shareholder: Responsible Investing

140

Investment Exchange Forum – Stakeholder vs. Shareholder: Defending Milton Friedman

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Investment Exchange Forum – Stakeholder vs. Shareholder: Stakeholder Theory

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Investment Exchange Forum – ESG and the Energy Transition

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Investment Exchange Forum – Global Market Risk Analysis

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Investment Exchange Forum – Stakeholder vs. Shareholder: Setting the Stage

145

Investment Exchange Forum – Monetary Policy & Market Stress

146

Investment Exchange Forum – ESG and Alternative Energy

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Investment Exchange Forum – ESG and Asset Allocation

148

Investment Exchange Forum – Using technical analysis to determine the message from the markets

149

Investment Exchange Forum – The Options Market

150

Investment Exchange Forum – ESG vs. Impact Investing

151

Investment Exchange Forum – Property Values

152

Capital Market Expectations

153

ESG and Sustainable Investing

154

Investment Exchange Forum – ESG in Emerging Markets

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Investment Exchange Forum – ESG: Fixed Income & Green Bonds

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Investment Exchange Forum – Commodity Investing

157

Investment Exchange Forum – ESG and Deep Value Investing

158

Investment Exchange Forum – ESG: Sustainable Finance from an Asset Owner Perspective

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Investment Exchange Forum: ESG in ETFs

160

Investment Exchange Forum: ESG – Diversity, Equality, & Inclusion

161

Investment Exchange Forum: ESG in Real Estate & REITs

162

Capital Markets with Leo Schmidt of River Eddy Capital Management

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Investment Exchange Forum: University Investment Groups

164

Investment Exchange Forum: ESG – Impact with a Positive Alpha

165

Investment Exchange Forum: Convertible Bonds

166

Investment Exchange Forum: Convertible Bonds

167

Investment Exchange Forum: Digital Assets

168

Quant-Focused ESG Investing with Mamadou-Abou Sarr & Monique Thanos, CFA

169

Investment Exchange Forum: Investing in a Zero Rate World

170

Investment Exchange Forum: Investing in Peak Globalization

171

Peak Globalization Series: Final Thoughts

172

Peak Globalization Series: "Open" a Progressive case for globalization with author Dr. Kim Clausing

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Peak Globalization Series: Impacts on the Economy with Greg Daco

174

Peak Globalization Series: A New Cold War with Reva Goujon

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Peak Globalization Series: Reshoring with Harry Moser

176

Investing in China with Brendan Ahern & Brett Bina, CFA, CAIA

177

Peak Globalization Series: Reshaping Global Trade with Jake Schleshinger

178

Peak Globalization Series: Supply Chain Part 2 with Ed Pound & Joe Sweeney

179

Peak Globalization Series: Supply Chain Part 1 with Seenu Sarma

180

Investment Exchange Forum: Tax-loss Harvesting

181

The Future of Libor and Ameribor with Dr. Richard Sandor & Blaine Reed, CFA

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Investment Exchange Forum: Is Illinois still investable?

183

Holistic Wealth Management with Matthew Kocanda, CFP® & Brett Bina, CFA, CAIA

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Peak Globalization Series: Richard Thies of Driehaus Capital Management

185

CFA Society Chicago and OIC Episode 3 of 3: PM's Use of Options with Rich Excell, CFA & Joe Burgoyne

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CFA Society Chicago and OIC Episode 2 of 3: The Importance of Volatility with Rich Excell, CFA & Joe Burgoyne

187

CFA Society Chicago and OIC Episode 1 of 3: Basic Option Concepts with Rich Excell, CFA & Joe Burgoyne

188

The Path to Recovery in a COVID-19 World with Brian Coulton & Rich Excell, CFA

189

A Digital Dive into Fintech with Will Cong & Rich Excell, CFA

190

Cannabis: Insights and Opportunities with Kristoffer Inton & Mike Kalil, CFA

191

LIBOR vs SOFR with Meredith Coffey & Blaine Reed, CFA

192

Economics with Nancy Lazar & Rich Excell, CFA

193

Investing in Private Debt Markets with Tony Berkley & David Sekera, CFA

194

Life after LIBOR Follow Up Discussion with Brian Battle & Blaine Reed, CFA

195

Impact Investing with Priya Parrish & Rich Excell, CFA

196

Chicago Media Angels with Ted Reilly & Brian Gilmartin, CFA

197

Digital Assets with Mike Creadon & Rich Excell, CFA Part 2

198

Opportunity Zones with Andrew Lee & Lotta Moberg, CFA

199

Biotech with Michael Caldwell & Brian Gilmartin, CFA

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Digital Assets with Mike Creadon & Rich Excell, CFA Part 1