Wall Street Currents

The political economy of Africa’s interior-to-coast roads - Africa’s interior-to-coast roads are well placed to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are they the optimal response to geography...

Asset Class Scoreboard: November 2020 - A historic November rally showed up across all of the asset classes this month. You’d be hard pressed not to have read a story on the killer month that U...

The Sharing Economy come home: The IPO of Airbnb! - On Monday, November 16, Airbnb filed it’s preliminary prospectus with the SEC, starting the clock on its long awaited initial public offering. On the same ...

The Regional Economy during the Pandemic - The New York-Northern New Jersey region experienced an unprecedented downturn earlier this year, one more severe than that of the nation, and the region is...

Assessing Mutual Fund Company Performance - Market share change is the indicator to watch when it comes to mutual fund company business performance.

Memo to the European Commission on concrete initiatives for a more outward-looking, geopolitical Europe - Background : In the Political Guidelines you presented to the European Parliament immediately after your designation in July 2019, you set the goal of maki...

Looking for Green - 361 Capital Market Commentary | November 30th, 2020 Your Thanksgiving turkey may have been replaced by a Cornish game hen last week, but your portfolio g...

Earnings Matter And They Have Improved Significantly - This week the government released the second estimate of third quarter U.S. GDP at 33.1% growth at an annual rate, unchanged from the earlier advanced es...

The S&P/BMV Total Mexico ESG Index: A New Benchmark for Sustainability and Investment - See how this index allows investors to prioritize sustainability themes while still allocating to the broad market in Mexico.

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People Fear a Market Crash More Than They Have in Years - The coronavirus crisis and the November election have driven fears of a major market crash to the highest levels in many years. At the same time, stocks ...

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...

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...

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