Wall Street Currents

Import competition, labour market regulation, and outsourcing - The global market size of outsourcing doubled between 2000 and 2019. While most studies look at foreign outsourcing, this column uses new data on Indian fi...

US has met 2021 job growth forecasts and is reducing unemployment amid low labor supply - The US labor market sent mixed signals in November, adding only 210,000 jobs but recording a dramatic decline in the unemployment rate, an increase in the ...

Gender Diversity in the Board Room: The Firm Size Factor - Smaller is better when it comes to reaping the benefits of gender diversity in the corporate board room.

Investor Fear At An Extreme and Stocks Rise - Just as investors become fearful of stocks, the equity market experiences a turnaround. Before today's (12/2/2021) trading the S&P 500 Index was down a lit...

Bringing ESG Considerations to Equal-Weight Indices - Explore the results of applying equal weighting to ESG indices with the new S&P 500 Equal Weight ESG Leaders Select Index.

Greedy, Giddy & Euphoric | Reasons for the Rally | Things Are Looking Good | The World Really IS Moving Faster | A Breather is Needed | TINA and FOMO, Oh My! | Still Going Strong - NAAIM Speaks is monthly newsletter containing market insights and analysis from NAAIM member firms. This newsletter is designed to provide... [ Read More ]

Tesla's Trillion Dollar Moment: A Valuation Revisit! - I have been writing about, and valuing, Tesla for most of its lifetime in public markets, and while it remains a company that draws strong reactions, it ...

Credit Card Trends Begin to Normalize after Pandemic Paydown - Today, the New York Fed’s Center for Microeconomic Data released its *Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit* for the third quarter of 2021. Overall ...

Should You Buy a Home in the US? - Even at currently elevated US home-price levels, buying still makes sense for those who are set on ownership. But buyers need to be sure that they can acce...

Asset Class Scoreboard – H1 2021 - The Q2 numbers are in – and there’s just no stopping commodities, it seems, as they put in another three months of gains to lead all assets YTD as we hi...

Analytic Global Alpha Model - Analytic Global Alpha Model Global Factor allocation Five years ending March 31, 2021 Past performance is not indicative of future results. For investmen...

Light in the COVID Tunnel - If you ever think you just can’t win, I know how you feel. I’m labeled both a doomsayer and a Pollyanna—sometimes in reaction to the same letter.

The Case for Avoiding U.S. Stocks and Buying Asia Instead - CLSA strategist Christopher Woods lays out his views on Asian emerging markets and the potential Trump trade deal with China—and says why the U.S. is his l...

Elevate your discovery process to help win great clients - As an advisor, honing your skills in asking the deep discovery questions sets the tone for a superior client experience. These simple steps may help you bu...

Company Notes Digest 11.05.18 - Each week we read dozens of transcripts from earnings calls and presentations as part of our investment process. Below is a weekly post which contains some...

Brackets and Defense – LOVOL and VXTH Indexes (that Bought VIX Calls) Had Lower Volatility - Over the past two months, there has been increased interest in (1) portfolio protection strategies (2) learning more about prudent uses of VIX® futures and...

Trump Plays with Fire on Trade - Our weekly commentaries provide Euro Pacific Capital's latest thinking on developments in the global marketplace. Opinions expressed are those of the writ...

Home Equity Wealth at New High - The latest flow-of-funds data from the Federal Reserve confirmed that home-equity wealth reached a new nominal high this year: $13.9 trillion at mid-2017,...

Former Morgan Stanley Executive to Expand Rockefeller Capital Management - Gregory Fleming, formerly with Morgan Stanley, will expand Rockefeller Capital Management’s asset and wealth management businesses.

A New Challenge to the Dollar - Our weekly commentaries provide Euro Pacific Capital's latest thinking on developments in the global marketplace. Opinions expressed are those of the writ...

Econophysics of Business Cycles: Aggregate Economic Fluctuations, Mean Risks and Mean Square Risks (arxiv.org) -

Robots Expose Firms to Compliance Risks - Pressure to cut costs by replacing humans with robots may end up hurting firms if they’re not careful, PwC says.

MSCI Risk Monitor: RiskMetrics Europe - October 2015 - Under a standard RiskMetrics forecasting model, this monthly Risk Monitor reports on the evolution of risk forecasts for 12 key risk factors chosen for t...