Wall Street Currents

Productivity effects of internationalisation through the domestic supply chain - Studies of the implications of trade openness for local economies rarely address the domestic supply chain. This column examines whether indirect effects o...

China-US Relations and the Global Economic System - The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) and the China Finance 40 Forum (CF40) will hold a joint event on January 23, 2019, to discuss the...

Earnings Trends Sole Bright Spot in Q4 2018: 361 Capital Wall Street Mood Monitor - Rising Stock Correlations, Negative Analyst Sentiment Present Headwinds for Active Management DOWNLOAD PDF > DENVER, January 23, 2019—Amid challenging ma...

Winter 2018 Investor Letter: A Tough Year For Most Asset Classes - As noted in our Winter 2018 Investor Letter, following passage of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, the reduction in corporate tax rates caused analysts to revise ...

NAAIM Speaks 1.23.19: All Clear? - All Clear? By: David Moenning, Heritage Capital Research Published: 1.22.19 The bad news is that after a rather rambunctious rally,... [ Read More ]

Morality and Money Management - Following his recent death, Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle was widely and generously eulogized – and justifiably so. But if everyone followed Bogle’s in...

January 2019 Data Update 4: The Many Faces of Risk! - I think that all investors would buy into the precept that investing in equities comes with risk, but that is where the consensus seems to end. Everything ...

Post-Crisis Financial Regulation: Experiences from Both Sides of the Atlantic - To celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Banca d’Italia’s New York office, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Banca d’Italia hosted a worksho...

Bull in the China Shop - The production of souls is more important than the production of tanks.... And therefore I raise my glass to you, writers, the engineers of the human soul.

Hiring and Firing Portfolio Managers: Process and Outcomes - Evaluating good investment performance is not just tabulating outcomes, says Robert G. Hagstrom, CFA.

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...

Good News at the Gas Pump for Drivers - The chairman and CEO of Marathon Petroleum says that lower crude-oil prices and plentiful inventories should allow average gasoline prices to stay close to...

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...

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...