Chris Brightman, Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Research Affiliates discusses Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), the monetary policy approach that is receiving much attention from progressive politicians. Brightman provides some historical perspective and a prediction that mainstream stocks and bonds will perform poorly in the volatile inflation and interest rate environment that would likely accompany adoption of MMT. An awareness and understanding of the MMT debate will impress in interviews…

Aswath Damodaran updates his Tesla valuation on his terrific Musings on Markets blog. Damodaran is a Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at NYU and teaches classes in corporate finance and valuation. Damodaran uses his blog to demonstrate how he values companies with a discounted cash flow framework connecting his model assumptions to a narrative about how the business will evolve.

“The CV Queen” Victoria McLean, founder and CEO of City CV, offered some useful tips for acing job interviews in a CFA Institute webinar. She describes the STAR model for answering behavioral interview questions and how to answer Strengths and Weaknesses questions.

David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist with Gluskin Sheff & Associates outlines the basis for his currently bearish view on the economy, which he thinks will result in lower interest rates and more unconventional Fed policy. Rosenberg is an Institutional Investor All Star who thinks the economy is in the 9^th inning and there is one out…