Wall Street Currents

The origins of the US trade deficit and the futility of tariffs - The most persistent driver of America's unsustainably large trade deficit is foreign investment in the United States, not other countries' trade barriers. ...

No Asset Is Safe—But Some Lose Less - No asset is truly safe. But diversifying into steady, low-volatility stocks can help investors lose less—and stay invested for the long run. The post No ...

S&P 500 Index Buybacks Hit Record - In S&P Dow Jones Indices' most recent report on dividends and buybacks, they note S&P 500 Index buybacks of $293.5 billion set a record for buybacks in the...

To Bitcoin or not to Bitcoin? A Corporate Cash Question! - In this post, I will bring together two disparate and very different topics that I have written about in the past. The first is the role that *cash h...

How Shadow Banking Reshapes the Optimal Mix of Regulation - Decisions that are privately optimal often impose externalities on other agents, giving rise to regulations aimed at implementing socially optimal outcomes...

June Edition: Are Valuations A Problem? | Bulls In Charge, But Greed is Back | June Tends To Be Negative When… | The Message From the NAAIM Indicator Wall | Headline Risk Doesn’t Mean Market Risk | Above The Mendoza Line | Adapting to the New Reality | Can Anything Top AI? - 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...

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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...