76. Fixed Income Strategy Ladder Strategy Suitable for Inactive Periods Winter Break Summer Break Protection in Volatile Markets Not locked into specific bonds for a long duration Steadily Maturing Bonds Relatively Liquid Money Economic Forecast Expectations Interest rates will not significantly increase in the near future
80. CFA Challenge Consists of students, investment industry professionals, publicly traded companies and corporate sponsors Nearly 300 of the top schools compete to form an analysis of a company chosen for them Each school has a team consisting of 3-5 business students Each team is assigned one CFA advisor
81. CFA Challenge In Relation to SAFF UNC’s Challenge team: Micah Lile, Ashley Malsam, Jay Fells, Josh Daugherty, Erica Ferge CFA volunteer in conjunction with Challenge is Matthew Blair Company chosen by CFA Institute: Chipotle (CMG) First competition: final report is submitted for grading on January 29th
87. SAFF in Progress Near Target on Equity and Fixed Income Currently working on buy proposals to decrease cash Equity Strategy in Place Working towards target equity distribution and sector allocation