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The ECB’s measures of underlying inflation for the euro area - Just like other central banks, the ECB generally monitors a range of measures of underlying inflation to help distinguish noise from signal in headline inf...

Investing in Asia: Grasping Corporate Governance Nuances Is Key - What do swimming scallops have to do with investing in Asia? A lot, according to S. Joyce Li, CFA.

We Have Liftoff - November 19, 2018 I am talking about credit spreads. Many investors have been patiently waiting for credit to break to get them more cautious about the m...

"Skin in the Game," Depositor Discipline, and Bank Risk Taking - In a previous post, we argued that double liability for bank owners might not limit their risk taking, despite the extra “skin in the game,” if it also wea...

Trade Talks Episode 63: Can Trump and the EU Strike a Deal? -

Seventh-Inning Debt Stretch - Science tells us energy can neither be created nor destroyed within a closed system. Whatever amount is there will stay the same, though it might change fo...

Institutional And Individual Investors More Bearish On Equities - At the end of October the American Association of Individual Investors reported individual investor bullish sentiment was 28.0%, one standard deviation bel...

4 Stock Picks by an Early Fan of Apple - Epoch Investment Partners’ David Pearl makes the case for Hexcel, Morgan Stanley, CVS Health, and—yes—the iPhone maker.

Beyond borders: Why global diversification still matters, Part 1 - Check out the first part of our conversation on why we believe global diversification still matters. We focus on the likely causes of the current disparity...

The GE End Game: Bataan Death March or Turnaround Play? - It seems like ancient history, but it was just 2001, when GE was the most valuable company in the world, commanding a market capitalization in excess of $5...

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...

Protecting Workers Without Tariffs -

VIX + Quants - The perception out there is that VIX traders are typically cowboys—swinging for the fences a la Mr. 50 cent or turning a small stake into millions like the...

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...

Science-Based Targets: How Aligning Carbon Reduction Targets With Climate Science Can Drive Business Growth - Science-based targets (SBTs) are environmental performance targets that are set to align business objectives with scientific evidence on the planet’s abili...

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...