What to Watch for the Financial Sector Ahead of the U.S. Presidential Election and a New Congress
Given the fluid scope of activities in Washington DC, we met up again with Michele Lieber, Global Head of Government Affairs at...
Highest Number of S&P 500 Technology Companies Issuing Positive EPS Guidance Since Q3 2021
Overall, 110 S&P 500 companies have issued quarterly EPS guidance for the third quarter. Of these companies, 60 have issued...
S&P 500 Will Likely Report Earnings Growth Above 7% For Q3
The S&P 500 is reporting earnings growth of 4.1% for the third quarter, which would mark the fifth-straight quarter of...
Changing Fortunes: Tracking 20 Years of Returns Across Credit and Venture Capital
We analyzed the returns of credit investments in our dataset and noted how it tracks through different policy adjustments and...
Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September 2024 is Projected to Rise 2.3% Year-Over-Year
The median estimate (year-over-year, not seasonally adjusted) for the consumer price index (CPI) for the month of September 2024...
Data Managers: 4 Key Questions for Building a Connected Data Pipeline
To drive business growth, data-management teams at financial institutions are working with substantially more data than in past...
S&P 500 Financials Sector Earnings Preview: Q3 2024
The Financials sector will be a focus for the market during the next two weeks, as nearly 50% of the S&P 500 companies that are...
Did Analysts Cut EPS Estimates More Than Average for S&P 500 Companies for Q3?
Given concerns in the market about a possible economic slowdown, did analysts lower EPS estimates more than normal for S&P 500...
Total Nonfarm Payrolls for September 2024 Are Projected To Rise By 140,000
The median estimate for total nonfarm payroll employment for the month of September 2024 is 140,000.
Electric Utility Regulation & Wildfire Mitigation
Previously viewed by the industry as singular disasters, wildfires are now considered chronic inevitabilities to be anticipated,...
Stress Testing Investment Strategies With Two Geopolitical Scenarios
We present two broad geopolitical scenarios and discuss how to use them in stress tests to analyze possible impacts on investment...
Industry Analysts Project 9% Increase in S&P 500 Price Over the Next 12 Months
After hitting a new record-high value of 5,745.37 yesterday (September 26), where do industry analysts believe the price of the...
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