Apple is Top Holding among Hedge Funds for Fifth Straight Quarter
The 50 largest hedge funds increased their equity exposure by 4.4% in Q2 2015, adding most to Health Care and Consumer...
Mitigating Portfolio Risk from the Yuan’s Devaluation
Given that the weightings of multinationals in many global equity benchmarks and investment portfolios are likely to be...
Falling Commodity Prices Bring Inflation to New Lows
Inflation rates across the world have reached their lowest point since the global financial crisis in 2009. How will central...
The Decline of Gold: Where Will Prices Go Next?
What factors have contributed to the recent decline in gold prices, and where does Wall Street think prices will go next?
Uncover a Company's Full Taxonomy with New Reference Report
Understand a company’s primary lines of business and specialty sectors with a granular look at its taxonomy.
Webcast: Understand the relationship between Tracking Error and Active Share
This Emerging Ideas webcast reviews whether active share is an effective metric to evaluating performance.
U.S. M&A deal activity up 19.3%, Private Equity activity up 22.2% in June
U.S. M&A had 1099 announcements in June compared to 921 in May, while U.S. private equity jumped to 118 deals from May's 96.
A Quant's Approach to Getting Sentimental about Security Selection
How can investors harnessing a security selection process integrate qualitative metrics like investor sentiment?
Active Is as Active Does: Wading Into the Active-Share Debate
Even without knowing anything about a manager’s process, we can discern some problems with active share as a measure of potential...
Grexit and the Possibility of Contagion
As the odds shift towards an exit from the Euro for Greece, what are the risks of risks spreading across the Eurozone, and how...
Greek debt crisis creates potential for upside return in GIIPS
As bondholders flee Greek debt, Greece's counterparts in GIIPS are left under bought.
Lowest Number of S&P 500 Companies Issuing Negative EPS Guidance Since Q4 2012
Companies are providing EPS estimates for Q2 that are 7.1% below analyst expectations on average.
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