How Shipping Manifests Can Detail Veiled Relationships
Examining the sources of imported oil down to individual countries, companies, and even oil fields, provides valuable insights...
The American Shopping Mall, at 62, Not Quite Ready for Retirement
With consumer confidence near 18-year highs, are we simply witnessing a shift in how consumers buy things?
Challenges Ahead for the U.S. Auto Industry
For all of 2017, auto retailers saw a 5% year-over-year increase in dollar sales; this was up from 2016’s 4% growth.
What Would a Transfer of Power from Baby Boomers to Generation X Look Like?
Generation X holds fewer than 10% of CEO positions at S&P 500 companies, but the generation's influence is growing.
Is the Financial Market Becoming a "Global Brain?"
More importantly, could human activity become subjugated to a collectively intelligent artificial organism?
The Investable Implications of Net Neutrality’s Rise and Fall
Do efforts to change the way information flows on the internet present opportunities for investors?
Millennials Outnumber Baby Boomers, But Don’t Count Them Out
While baby boomers and millennials may be separated by decades in age, economic conditions have made them subject to similar...
Labor Shortages Are Not Translating into Higher Wages
The 12-month increase in nonfarm payrolls that we saw in 2017 was the slowest in seven years
(Continental) Europe Outperforms in 2017
Real GDP grew 0.6% in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the second quarter.
Robust Economic Growth in China Boosts the Outlook for All of Asia Pac
Growth in China and India leads the Asia Pacific region, and even though Japan’s growth trails the rest, that country’s outlook...
1987 vs. 2017: Will History Repeat or Just Echo?
Could the stock market crash of 1987 be repeated in 2017?
Marking 30 Years since the Stock Market Crash of 1987
Three decades later, the real causes of the crash are still elusive.
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