S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: October 16, 2020
Overall, 10% of the companies in the S&P 500 have reported actual results for Q3 2020 to date. Of these companies, 86% have...
A Survey of Technology Adoption [Infographic]
FactSet, in partnership with Forbes Insights, surveyed over 200 asset managers and asset owners from around the globe to better...
GIPS 2020: The Challenges and Benefits of Compliance
GIPS reporting standards have become a de facto business practice expanding to the wealth management and asset owner space.
S&P 500 Likely to Report Second Largest Year-Over-Year Earnings Decline in Q3 Since 2009
It appears likely that the S&P 500 will report a year-over-decline in earnings of more than 15% for Q3.
More Than One in Four S&P 500 Companies Are Still Not Providing EPS Guidance for 2020 or 2021
Companies are citing the uncertainty of the future economic impacts of COVID-19 as the reason for not providing or withdrawing...
U.S. IPO Market: SPACs Drive a Third Quarter IPO Surge
The Q3 surge in U.S. IPO activity was driven by a boom in offerings from Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), sometimes...
Demystifying Fixed Income Attribution
Performance attribution is an integral part of the investment process that helps to close the feedback loop by explaining the...
Regulatory Update: October 2020
Regulatory stories dominating the conversation in October 2020.
Industry Analysts Predict S&P 500 Will See a 12% Price Increase in the Next 12 Months
Based on the difference between the bottom-up target price and the closing price for the S&P 500 as of Oct. 1, industry analysts...
Analysts Increased Quarterly S&P 500 EPS Estimates for the First Time Since Q2 2018
During the third quarter, analysts increased Q3 earnings estimates for companies in the S&P 500 by 4.1%.
Modern Data Lakes for Data-Driven Organizations
The biggest challenge in big data initiatives is connecting employees to the right data and making sure they understand how it...
ERCOT Scarcity Pricing Adder Becoming Scarce or Getting Started?
Will ERCOT capacity additions outpace load, or will retirements help to offset new capacity coming online, creating additional...
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