Wall Street Currents

A “Fairly Highly Valued” Market: A Fed Chair Opines on Stocks, but should we listen? - In December 1996, Alan Greenspan used the words "irrational exuberance" to describe the stock market at the time, and those words not only became th...

A Country‑Specific View of Tariffs - U.S. trade policy remains in flux. Nevertheless, important elements of the new policy regime are apparent in data through July. What stands out are the lar...

The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century - Forty years ago, the Washington Consensus emerged. John Williamson of PIIE laid out a series of dos and don’ts for policymakers in Latin America that found...

Book Review: The Tax-Smart Donor: Optimize Your Lifetime Giving Plan - Readers and investors will learn how to turn charitable giving into a strategy to save on taxes, maximize charitable impact, and give smarter. The post ...

All the Focus is on A.I. - For those invested in the stock market and listening to the daily news, it is hard not to hear the discussion about Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) A.I. see...

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September Edition: All About What You Own | About September Being Negative | On Vacation | Not As Bad As Advertised | Riding the Trend | Small Caps, Big Dreams | Value Investing’s Blind Spot | Latest Market Insights Video - NAAIM Speaks is newsletter containing market insights and analysis from NAAIM member firms. This newsletter is designed to provide a plethora of market a...

What Should I Buy for My First Ski Trip? - First ski trip, hey? Giddy-up! Whether you’re eyeing Mt Buller, Perisher, or planning to cross the ditch for a crack at Queenstown, I reckon you’re in fo...

Demystifying Volatility-Controlled Indices - Learn what volatility-controlled indices are, their general mechanics, and the potential benefits they provide to the insurance ecosystem.

Divest or engage? - When pension giant ABP faced protests about its fossil fuel investment strategy, did it choose to exert pressure on oil companies or divest from them? Jeff...

Asset Class Scoreboard – H1 2021 - The Q2 numbers are in – and there’s just no stopping commodities, it seems, as they put in another three months of gains to lead all assets YTD as we hi...

Analytic Global Alpha Model - Analytic Global Alpha Model Global Factor allocation Five years ending March 31, 2021 Past performance is not indicative of future results. For investmen...

Light in the COVID Tunnel - If you ever think you just can’t win, I know how you feel. I’m labeled both a doomsayer and a Pollyanna—sometimes in reaction to the same letter.

Now Available: Narrative Economics - From Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller, a new way to think about how popular stories help drive economic ...

The Case for Avoiding U.S. Stocks and Buying Asia Instead - CLSA strategist Christopher Woods lays out his views on Asian emerging markets and the potential Trump trade deal with China—and says why the U.S. is his l...

Elevate your discovery process to help win great clients - As an advisor, honing your skills in asking the deep discovery questions sets the tone for a superior client experience. These simple steps may help you bu...

Company Notes Digest 11.05.18 - Each week we read dozens of transcripts from earnings calls and presentations as part of our investment process. Below is a weekly post which contains some...

Brackets and Defense – LOVOL and VXTH Indexes (that Bought VIX Calls) Had Lower Volatility - Over the past two months, there has been increased interest in (1) portfolio protection strategies (2) learning more about prudent uses of VIX® futures and...

Home Equity Wealth at New High - The latest flow-of-funds data from the Federal Reserve confirmed that home-equity wealth reached a new nominal high this year: $13.9 trillion at mid-2017,...

Former Morgan Stanley Executive to Expand Rockefeller Capital Management - Gregory Fleming, formerly with Morgan Stanley, will expand Rockefeller Capital Management’s asset and wealth management businesses.

Econophysics of Business Cycles: Aggregate Economic Fluctuations, Mean Risks and Mean Square Risks (arxiv.org) -

Robots Expose Firms to Compliance Risks - Pressure to cut costs by replacing humans with robots may end up hurting firms if they’re not careful, PwC says.

MSCI Risk Monitor: RiskMetrics Europe - October 2015 - Under a standard RiskMetrics forecasting model, this monthly Risk Monitor reports on the evolution of risk forecasts for 12 key risk factors chosen for t...