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Identifying Crises and the Economic Significance of Avoiding Them - By minimizing exposure to severe market downturns, investors can achieve higher risk-adjusted returns, preserve capital, and avoid the psychological toll o...2 days ago
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Dealing with Aging: Updating the Intel, Walgreens and Starbucks Stories! - A few weeks ago, I posted on the corporate life cycle, the subject of my latest book. I argued that the corporate life cycle can explain what happe...1 week ago
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AI and the Labor Market: Will Firms Hire, Fire, or Retrain? - The rapid rise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to dramatically change the labor market, and indeed possibly even the nature of work itsel...2 weeks ago
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August Edition: We’ve Seen This Movie Before! | Bad News is Bad Again | Protecting The Downside | Fed Holding Rates Too High? | Stocks in Correction | Market at Critical Juncture | Buy Low and Sell High? | Market Insights | Stock Spotlight: Interactive Brokers | Time To Manage Risk! - NAAIM Speaks is monthly newsletter containing market insights and analysis from NAAIM member firms. This newsletter is designed to provide a plethora of ...1 month ago
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Demystifying Volatility-Controlled Indices - Learn what volatility-controlled indices are, their general mechanics, and the potential benefits they provide to the insurance ecosystem.5 months ago
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The US debate about the final Basel III Accord - In July 2023, US bank regulatory agencies published regulatory proposals known as the Basel III Endgame, transposing the final agreement made in the Basel ...9 months ago
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FOMO Helped Drive Up Housing Prices in the Pandemic. What Can We Expect Next? - Existing home prices in the United States soared 45 percent from December 2019 to June 2022, when Covid emerged and then gripped the nation. That rate of...1 year ago
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Divest or engage? - When pension giant ABP faced protests about its fossil fuel investment strategy, did it choose to exert pressure on oil companies or divest from them? Jeff...2 years ago
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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...3 years ago
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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...3 years ago
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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.4 years ago
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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...5 years ago
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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...5 years ago
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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...5 years ago
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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...6 years ago
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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,...6 years ago
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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.6 years ago
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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.7 years ago
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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...8 years ago