Bank Stocks Down, M&A Flat, Credit Costs Rising
• Rough week for bank stocks: While the S&P fell 2.9%, the KBW Bank Index was down 4.6% and the KBW Regional Bank Index dropped...
Down and to the Right: Assessing Western Europe Alternatives by Investment Style
After a recent portfolio monitoring client win in Spain, we decided to review Western Europe for this month’s analysis on...
The Supply and Demand Dynamics of Energy Transition Metals: Past Performance and Future Requirements
Forward-looking projections for metal demand and production growth warrant a look at historical performance to understand and...
China’s Evolving Property Crisis and Stress Test Scenarios
Deterioration in the credit profiles of the largest and most leveraged of China’s real estate companies threaten to send the...
Implications of the Hawaii Fires for Utilities, Insurance, and Banking
A look from the perspectives of the utilities, insurance, and banking industries: In this report, FactSet’s Deep Sector team...
U.S. ETF Fee Compression Slows
In the U.S., ETF fee compression slowed dramatically in the first half of 2023. This year in the six months through June 2023,...
Factset's Most Popular Search Terms: Q2 2023
We examined the most popular search terms in the FactSet Document Search application, which enables users to carry out AI-powered...
Credit Card Data Strong in Last Full Month of Taylor Swift Tour Stimulus
July card data remains benign: While NCOs were up materially year-over-year, reflecting ongoing mean reversion from COVID levels,...
Back-to-School Buzz: Navigating Key Events and Consumer Spending Trends
Sharpen your pencils as back-to-school season is already upon us. Investors know that just as kids across the country return to...
Data-Driven Methods to Identify Companies Involved in Artificial Intelligence
This article examines methods to identify companies involved in AI, with a focus on known supply-chain relationships and the...
U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions Monthly Review: July 2023
U.S. M&A deal activity decreased in July, going down 23.7% with 969 announcements compared to 1,270 in June. Aggregate M&A...
Banks are not out of the woods yet
Moody’s downgrades: Moody’s downgraded 11 banks, placed another 6 on review, and changed the outlook to negative on 11 more,...
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