The Benefits of Active Management: How to Compete with Low-Cost Funds and Win
The complementary analysis portfolio managers need to strengthen their case for the higher fees that active management commands.
Mind Your Ps and Qs: Real World vs. Risk Neutral Probabilities
A look at the real world probabilities governing future economic scenarios and the risk-neutral probabilities used in derivative...
The Information Binge: Do Wealth Managers Need To Go on a Diet?
Wealth managers may assume the more data they give clients, the better, but that's not always the case.
Energy Sector Pumping Up S&P 500 Earnings
A combination of higher oil prices and low earnings a year ago have paved the way for growth.
M&A Deal Activity Down for February, Spending Up
Consumer Durables, Non-Energy Minerals, Communications, and Government sectors saw the biggest activity increases.
Earnings Update: March 17, 2017
The key earnings metrics for the week of March 17, 2017
What to Expect in a Higher Rate Environment
What we expect from the FOMC rate hike in the areas of earnings, economics, M&A, and fixed income.
Clean Energy Policy Shifts Unlikely to Stifle Sector’s Expansion
Falling technology prices and warming corporate sentiment suggest the renewable segment will grow regardless of policy.
The Great Bond Rebound of 2016
The distress in the bond market during early 2016 presented an abundance of profitable credit investment opportunities.
Housing Affordability and the Australian Consumer
What do increasing consumer debt and soaring costs mean for the Australian housing market?
PRIIPs KIDs: Update Brings Clarification, but Questions Remain
European policymakers have recently updated the technical standards for PRIIPs KIDs. How should performance analysts respond?
Earnings Update: March 10, 2017
The forward 12-month P/E ratio for the S&P 500 is 17.7.
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