Mark J. Higgins, CFA
Mark J. Higgins, CFA,is a frequent contributor to the CFA Institute Enterprising Investor blog, with more than 20 published articles since 2022.
A senior vice president at Index Fund Advisors, Mark provides investment advisory services to institutional plans and high-net-worth individuals. His work focuses on “applied financial history,” using historical precedent to identify risks and opportunities that conventional quantitative models may overlook.Mark is also the author of Investing in U.S. Financial History: Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future, which examines the major events shaping US financial history.
Mark serves on the editorial board of the Museum of American Finance and regularly contributes to the museum’s Financial History magazine. His insights and commentary have been cited by CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, Morningstar, and other financial publications worldwide.
Mark holds a BA from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. He also holds a CFP certification.
Interview with Mark Higgins, CFA: Implications from U.S. Financial History
Investors who neglect to study the past often overlook powerful cyclical forces that reshape economies and markets. Mark Higgins’s book Investing in U.S. Financial History fills this void by recounting the full financial history of the United States.
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