Be Aware, Adapt, Innovate--or What We Learn from Mandelbrot, Noah, and Covid-19
A year before the breakout of COVID-19, I published an article which discusses how to transform investment uncertainty and risks...
Record-High Cuts to S&P 500 EPS Estimates for Q2 for 1st Month of a Quarter
The Q2 bottom-up EPS estimate declined by 28.4% in April, the largest decline over the first month of a quarter since FactSet...
Regulatory Stories Dominating The Conversation This May 2020.
S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: May 1, 2020
The blended earnings decline for the first quarter for the S&P 500 is -13.7%, which would mark the largest y/y decline in...
Five Economic Charts to Watch: United States (COVID-19 Edition)
We're starting to get some clarity on the economic impact of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus on the U.S. economy.
ESG Regulation - Where to Start?
The EU has the most advanced and developed suite of ESG regulatory measures, we provide an easily accessible entry into that...
Read on to learn how ESG strategies are impacting the financial world's approach to fixed income, wealth, and ETF analysis.
Are More S&P 500 Companies Withdrawing or Providing EPS Guidance for 2020?
In their Q1 earnings releases, 30 S&P 500 companies cited the uncertainty around COVID-19 as the reason for withdrawing EPS...
How Market Volatility Affects Asset Class Behavior
In recent months, the market has seen a massive uptick in volatility. When just looking at the VIX, which is a measure of...
S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: April 24, 2020
The blended earnings decline for the first quarter is -15.8%. This would mark the largest year-over-year decline in earnings for...
Markets Struggle to Quantify the Impacts of COVID-19
The outlook remains volatile due to underlying uncertainty as to how coronavirus will ultimately impact the U.S. market.
The Rapidly Changing Global Economic Outlook
As forecasters struggle to quantify the impact of containment measures to stop the spread of COVID-19, we have seen drastic cuts...
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