Predictions for actual earnings growth and earnings surprises for Q4
What will be the actual earnings growth rate for the quarter? Which sectors and industries may report upside and downside...
Fixed Income portfolio optimization now offered through Axioma Portfolio Rebalancer
The Axioma Portfolio Rebalancer, a fixed income optimization tool, is now integrated with the FactSet workstation.
2015 S&P 500 preview: Record-level bottom-up EPS and other projections
As 2015 begins, industry analysts and market strategists have made a number of projections for the S&P 500, including target...
2014 Poison Pill Impetus: Why are U.S. companies adopting poison pills?
In 2014, 57 poison pills were adopted by 54 distinct U.S. incorporated companies.
Have analysts become more pessimistic on media companies?
Given the events surrounding Sony over the past few weeks, have analysts become more pessimistic in their views of media...
Combined oil, ruble shocks could pose threats to holdings across asset classes
In isolation, the Oil and Ruble shocks do not have much impact on our sample portfolio. But what happens when they're combined?
Evaluate portfolio risk with Axioma's macroeconomic model on FactSet
Axioma's macroeconomic model is now available on FactSet.
Public pension funds striving for proxy access may unsettle company boards
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer's “Boardroom Accountability Project 2015” takes aim at 75 public companies with issues...
Sleeping giant public pension fund could be valuable ally for activists
As activists seek larger, traditionally passive investors as potential allies for activism campaigns, Norges Bank Investment...
FactSet partners with Wall Street Journal to introduce Activism Scorecard
The Scorecard is a ranking of financial advisers and law firms working on or against activist investors’ public campaigns.
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