Wall Street Currents

Debunking Trend Following’s Dead Theories with Kathryn Kaminski - Is trend following too big? Can managed futures do it without the bond tailwind they’ve had for 30 years? Does globalization take away diversification? W...

Morgan Housel on Greed and Fear, Frugality and Paranoia - “Investing is not the study of finance,” Morgan Housel says. “Investing is the study of how people behave with money.”

Who's afraid of zombie firms? - The COVID-19 pandemic has turned many profitable US businesses into money-losers that can stay afloat only because of abundant credit, in part reflecting e...

Words versus deeds: How central banks manage expectations - To achieve macroeconomic stabilisation, central banks attempt to manage the expectations of the private sector. Decisions on short-term interest rates and ...

TalkingPoints: ESG Access Continues to Evolve in Mexico – Get to Know the S&P/BMV Total Mexico ESG Index - To address the need for a broad market ESG benchmark in Mexico, S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) and the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) joined forces to launc...

Bank Capital, Loan Liquidity, and Credit Standards since the Global Financial Crisis - Did the 2007-09 financial crisis or the regulatory reforms that followed alter how banks change their underwriting standards over the course of the busines...

Three Peaks - 361 Capital Market Commentary | October 19th, 2020 We made it through the first two COVID peaks and now it’s time for a third ascent. This one could be t...

Dividend Paying Strategies Have Lagged This Year, Now An Opportunity? - One unique aspect of the difficult economic environment that followed the virus mandated shutdown, was the underperformance of high quality dividend payi...

10.7.20 | All About the Stimulus | Lots Going On Beneath The Surface | The Message From the NAAIM Indicator Wall: Stick With The Bulls | Uncertainty Rules The Market | Stuck In The Middle With You | October Could Be Scary | Pullback Within Long-Term Uptrend | Follow The Leaders | Managers Holding Dry Powder To Start Month - NAAIM Speaks is monthly newsletter containing market insights and analysis from NAAIM member firms. “Speaks” is designed to provide a... [ Read More ]

Sounding good or Doing good? A Skeptical Look at ESG - In my time in corporate finance and valuation, I have seen many "new and revolutionary" ideas emerge, each one marketed as the solution to all of the pro...

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.

How to Navigate the Coronavirus Real Estate Market - There are signs that pockets of the U.S. housing market are heating up, particularly in the suburbs and fashionable exurbs, to which people have been fleei...

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...