Knowledge Center

The Knowledge Center provides a carefully developed repository of quality alternative investment resources.

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Knowledge Center

Curriculum

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The new CAIA Knowledge Series: a comprehensive collection of texts written specifically for the CAIA program.

Recent Resources

  • Edward Szado
    Journal of Alternative Investments. 2011.
    Vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 75-82.
    The meaning attributed to a particular financial term can have a significant impact on the way one considers issues in the marketplace. The purpose of this article is to offer one perspective on how to properly define speculation and to offer a...
  • Denis Babusiaux, Axel Pierru, and Frédéric Lasserre
    Journal of Alternative Investments. 2011.
    Vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 61-74.
    Repeated oil-price spikes have generated a great deal of controversy about the role played by speculation in derivatives markets. A number of analysts have suggested that the speculative positions of financial investors played a major part in the...
  • Dwight R. Sanders and Scott H. Irwin
    Journal of Alternative Investments. 2011.
    Vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 40-49.
    This article addresses the debate regarding the role of index funds in commodity futures markets. Many have argued that index funds are speculators that are responsible for bubbles in commodity futures prices. The argument is based on the premise...
  • Craig Pirrong
    Journal of Alternative Investments. 2011.
    Vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 26-39.
    This article considers one of the most significant regulatory concerns facing derivatives markets: the case of market manipulation by means of a corner, or “squeeze.” There are many famous examples of squeezes dating back to the very origins of...
  • Naomi E. Boyd, Jeffrey H. Harris, and Arkadiusz Nowak
    Journal of Alternative Investments. 2011.
    Vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 10-25.
    One of the best-known and largest hedge fund failures was the 2006 failure of Amaranth Advisors, LLC. The authors use detailed, trader-level data to examine the role of speculators during times of financial distress—in this case, the failure of...

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