The Evolving Landscape of Corporate Governance and ESG
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) analysis has gone from niche to mainstream over the past few decades. ESG data helps...
Analysts Are Raising Quarterly S&P 500 EPS Estimates for the First Time Since Q1 2018
The Q3 bottom-up EPS estimate for the S&P 500 (an aggregation of the median company EPS estimates) increased by 1.1% during the...
S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: July 31, 2020
Nine of the 11 sectors in the S&P 500 are reporting a yoy decline in earnings for Q2, led by Energy, Industrials, Consumer...
Does a Fiscal Reckoning Loom for South Africa?
South Africa's March 27 implementation of stringent COVID-19 lockdown measures have dealt yet another blow to an already...
As financial services corporations move to the cloud, there is ever-increasing white space of industry solutions required in...
Are More S&P 500 Companies Now Providing EPS Guidance for 2020?
A number of companies are having difficulty providing estimates for future earnings due to the uncertainty surrounding the...
S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: July 24, 2020
The S&P 500 blended earnings decline for the second quarter is -42.4%. Analysts are predicting quarterly earnings declines...
The COVID-19-Induced Volatility of 1H2020 Accelerated ETF Fee Compression
In the first half of 2020, the relentless force of fee compression carried on uninterrupted with the preference for low-cost...
Institutional Ownership in the UK
For all indices and the UK market as a whole, the majority of UK shares are held by UK and U.S. institutions.
U.S. IPO Market: IPOs Rebound Late in Q2 with the Equity Market
IPO activity slowed dramatically at the end of Q1 and the hesitation around new offers continued into Q2. However, June saw a...
S&P 500 Reporting Lowest Net Profit Margin Since 2009
All 11 sectors of the S&P 500 are reporting (or are projected to report) a year-over-year decline in their net profit margins in...
S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: July 17, 2020
All 11 sectors in the S&P 500 are reporting (or are predicted to report) a year-over-year decline in earnings for the second...
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