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Fiscal is local: EU standards for national fiscal frameworks - The European fiscal governance framework has grown into an arcane machinery. Yet, experts’ convergence on the need for a more effective and simpler system ...

Weak Consumer Sentiment A Headwind For Fed Rate Hikes? - This week investor attention will likely have a heightened focus on statements from the Federal Reserve as it holds its two day meeting on Tuesday and Wedn...

The S&P Europe 350 ESG Index: A Broad, Sustainable Index Solution - Discover an index designed to meet the growing market need for new benchmarks holistically integrating sustainability principles

Europe faces tough choices on Nord Stream 2 if Russia invades Ukraine - Pressure is mounting in Europe and the United States to block the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from bringing new supplies of Russian gas to Germany if Russian mi...

Book Review: Nothing but Net - This book provides 10 invaluable lessons that investors can use to pick tech stocks in years to come.

Data Update 2 for 2022: US Stocks kept winning in 2021, but… - Leading into 2021, the big questions facing investors were about how quickly economies would recover from COVID, with the assumption that the virus would...

The Fed’s Latest Tool: A Standing Repo Facility - In July 2021, the Federal Open Market Committee announced a new tool for monetary policy implementation: a domestic standing repurchase agreement facility....

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December 2021: Santa Getting Tested | When Everyone Has Conviction, They Are Usually Wrong | Playing It Safe, For Now | The Early Warning Board | The Real Story Behind The Move Isn’t Omicron | Stocks At Critical Juncture | Oh My-Cron | Not Taking Any Chances - NAAIM Speaks is monthly newsletter containing market insights and analysis from NAAIM member firms. This newsletter is designed to provide... [ Read More ]

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...

حجر هاشمي هيصم: هل هو افضل انواع احجار تشطيب الواجهات؟ - الحجر الهاشمى هيصم: هل هو افضل انواع احجار الديكور؟ يعتبر حجر هاشمى هيصم من بين أنواع الحجر الهاشمي الأفضل على الإطلاق، خاصة وأنه يمتلك الكثير من المواصفات...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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