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Just Released: Racial Disparities in Student Loan Outcomes - A $20 billion rise in student loan balances in the third quarter of this year contributed to a $92 billion increase in total household debt, according to t...

The US Dollar's Strength Is Not at Historical Highs - When President Trump said he was not thrilled about a very strong US dollar, he departed from a long tradition. Trump wants a weaker dollar relative to cur...

Supplier networks as a key to wartime production in Japan - During World War II aircraft production in Japan increased sharply. This column, part of the Vox debate on the economics of WWII, examines the reasons for ...

The Investment Case for Culture - How can we meet the dual challenge of investor preferences and investment outcomes?s

Portfolio Warping - 361 Capital Market Commentary | November 11th, 2019 So the Fed cuts rates three times and pauses. Then, the Fed’s Charles Evans suggests that they might ...

October Performance Snapshot - We field a bunch of calls at the start of each month asking how that hedge fund, this emerging manager, and that mutual fund did last month, and thought to...

This May Be The Time For Value Investors - Since late August value style equities have outperformed their growth counterparts. Except for a few brief periods over much of the last six years, the gro...

Slowing but Not Stopping (Yet) - If you are a computer (other than the newest experimental quantum ones), your world is entirely binary. Everything is some combination of zeroes and ones. ...

Bear Camp Can’t Be Happy | Dow Joins The Party But… | Is Sentiment A Factor? | Time To Take A Break? | Breaking For The Border | A Duck Is Still A Duck | Watch List Full of Low P/E Stocks | High End of the Range - NAAIM Speaks is bi-monthly newsletter containing market insights and analysis from NAAIM member firms. “Speaks” is designed to provide a... [ Read More ]

Seeking Stable Income: The S&P 500 Quality High Dividend Index - See how a focus on quality stocks with high dividend yields may present a compelling solution for those seeking stable income.

Disrupting the IPO Process: Challenging the Banker-run Going-Public Model! - In the age of disruption, where young companies are challenging the status quo and upending conventional businesses, it was only a matter of time before th...

What People Say About the Economy Can Set Off a Recession - When will the next recession arrive? Economists are evaluating such factors as President Trump’s endlessly shifting tariff policy, the monetary policy of t...

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...