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Women, Finance the World You Want

Harvard Business Review

When she's not at work managing a portfolio that consistently outperforms relevant benchmarks, you can find her at home buying and bearing bonds. So if you feel uncomfortable as an investor, here are two bullets to pack in your pistol: Investing is about financing dreams. Some of the dreams I finance are close to home.

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How the Next Generation Is Approaching Society’s Biggest Problems

Harvard Business Review

How did Sal Khan finance his venture? First, Sal Khan could have continued in finance and made far more money than he does in a nonprofit. A relatively new instrument called a social impact bond is a powerful example of how this might be done. Cohen and his colleagues created a bond, backed by private investors.

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Why Sit on All that Cash? Firms Uncertain on Cost of Capital

Harvard Business Review

This is the key finding of the Current Trends in Estimating and Applying the Cost of Capital research released this week by the Association for Financial Professionals, a trade group of 16,000 corporate treasury and finance practitioners. Download this pdf for an executive summary, or login here for the full report.)

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The Importance of Setting Investment Goals

Strategy Driven

Investing is one way of “beefing up” your finances, so to speak. Parents may purchase stocks and bonds for their minor children, turning them over when they mature. Learning More as You Hit Your Investment Benchmarks. The first benchmark may be $1,000, or $10,000 or some other relatively low amount.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. That bonding role extends to other aspects of the business as well, such as delivering on products and services.

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