When It Comes to Analyst Ratings, Look to the Bears
Among the Buy, Overweight, and Hold ratings groups, backtests over 10 years indicate performance results that are in direct...
S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: November 3
In aggregate, companies are reporting earnings that are 4.8% above estimates, which is above the five-year average.
ETF Due Diligence: Chasing Quality, Not Performance
Performance chasing often ends badly, because few funds can outperform quarter after quarter, year after year.
Stress Testing a Bank of England Rate Increase
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Performance System Road Blocks [Infographic]
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The Kobe Steel Scandal Flows Through the Entire Supply Chain
The scandal at this relatively minor global steel player flows through to some of the biggest industrial companies in the world.
S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: October 27
Upside earnings surprises from multiple sectors were responsible for the increase in the earnings growth rate for the index...
What Would a Shift Back to Active Investment Require?
The more uneven growth rates and “normal” asset-price correlations should naturally benefit active portfolio managers.
ETF costs do not end with the expense ratio, even for ETFs with high asset bases, decent trading volumes, and broad, vanilla...
Are S&P 500 Companies as Optimistic on Tax Reform as the Stock Market?
And which companies are talking about it on their earnings calls?
S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: October 20
To date, 17% of the companies in the S&P 500 have reported actual results for Q3 2017.
FactSet Experts Look Back at the Crash of 1987
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